Gorobinci


Gorobinci is a village in the municipality of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia.

Etymology and names

Several etymology has been proposed. J. Zaimov proposed it derived from an old nickname Gorobija, composing of gora and bije. Olga Ivanova, however, proposed a connection with a substratum word groapă. Ljubica Stankovska, an onomastician, considered the toponym a derivative of ancient Slavic personal name beginning with
*gor-.

Demographics

On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Turkish village. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 820 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 602 inhabitants.