Dorfarje

Dorfarje
Dorfarje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°11′40.93″N 14°19′29.92″E / 46.1947028°N 14.3249778°ECoordinates: 46°11′40.93″N 14°19′29.92″E / 46.1947028°N 14.3249778°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
  Total 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Elevation 372.6 m (1,222.4 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 203
[1]

Dorfarje (pronounced [ˈdoːɾfaɾjɛ]; German: Dörfern[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Dorfarje was first attested in 1291 as in Dorfern. It is derived from Middle High German Dorfern, originally a plural form of the common noun dorfære 'villager' (< dorf 'village'). The name therefore literally means 'villagers' and refers to early German colonization of the Sora Plain.[3] In the past the German name was Dörfern.[2]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
  3. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 119.

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