Dragočajna (pronounced [dɾaɡɔˈtʃaːi̯na]; in older sources also Dragočajn,[2] German: Dragotschein[2] or Dragotschain[3]) is a village on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[4]
Dragočajna | |
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 Dragočajna from northwest (August 2019) | |
  Dragočajna Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′28.58″N 14°25′3.25″E / 46.1746056°N 14.4175694°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Medvode |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 349.3 m (1,146.0 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 171 |
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Name
editThe settlement was first attested in 1455 as Dragotschein. The name is derived from *Dragočajina, based on the Slavic personal name Dragoča(jь), and thus originally meant 'Dragoča's settlement'.[5] The settlement was known as Dragotschein[2] or Dragotschain[3] in German in the past.
References
edit- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b c Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 8.
- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.
- ^ Medvode municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 121.
External links
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