Dragočajna

Dragočajna
Dragočajna from northwest (August 2019)
Dragočajna from northwest (August 2019)
Dragočajna is located in Slovenia
Dragočajna
Dragočajna
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′28.58″N 14°25′3.25″E / 46.1746056°N 14.4175694°E / 46.1746056; 14.4175694
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityMedvode
Area
 • Total
2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Elevation
349.3 m (1,146.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
171
[1]

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]

Name

The 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

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b c Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 8.
  3. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.
  4. ^ Medvode municipal site
  5. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 121.


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