Dobrava (toponym)

Dobrava (Doe-bra-va) is a toponym with Slovene origins, used in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Italy. It derives from the Proto-Slavic word dǫbъ meaning "oak". It can be translated into "oak grove" or "oak woods". The term dobrava is used exclusively for Quercus robur. Forests and other oak species have gained different sobriquets in modern usage. Toponyms that derive from the same root word, dob, are often confused with similar Slovene words — particularly dober and dobra, both meaning "good." In contrast to the term dobrava's specificity, however, dober and dobra may be used variably, as names for a miscellany of places.

Slovenia

Villages

Blejska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Jesenice, northwestern Slovenia
Cerkljanska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, northwestern Slovenia
Dobrava, Izola, a village in the Municipality of Izola, Slovenia, southwestern Slovenia
Dobrava, Križevci, a village in the Municipality of Križevci, Slovenia, northeastern Slovenia
Dobrava, Ormož, a village in the Municipality of Ormož, northeastern Slovenia
Dobrava, Radeče, a village in the Municipality of Radeče, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava, Radlje ob Dravi, a village in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi, northeastern Slovenia
Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava ob Krki, a village in the Municipality of Krško, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava pod Rako, a village in the Municipality of Krško, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava pri Konjicah, a village in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice, northeastern Slovenia
Dobrava pri Kostanjevici, a village in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava pri Stični, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
Dobrava pri Škocjanu, a village in the Municipality of Škocjan, southeastern Slovenia
Dolenja Dobrava, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, a village in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Dolenja Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
Gorenja Dobrava, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, a village in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane
Gorenja Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
Komendska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Komenda
Mala Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
Mislinjska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Slovenj Gradec, northeastern Slovenia
Spodnja Dobrava, Moravče, a village in the Municipality of Moravče, central Slovenia
Spodnja Dobrava, Radovljica, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia
Srednja Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia
Velika Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
Zgornja Dobrava, Moravče, a village in the Municipality of Moravče, central Slovenia
Zgornja Dobrava, Radovljica, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia

Microtoponyms (around 150)

Zajčja Dobrava
Dobrava (river, Municipality of Vodice)
Dobrava (forest and protected area near Dobova)
Dobrava (forest near Muta)
Dobrava (forest near Selnica ob Dravi)

Austria

Microtoponyms

Dobrawa (Kärnten / Völkermarkt)
Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Hohenthurn)
Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Arnoldstein)
Dobrava (forest near Villach)
Dobrava (forest near Wildenstein)
Dobrava (forest in Mittlern)

Croatia

Villages

Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija / Gornji Mihaljevec)
Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija)

Italy

Microtoponyms

Stallo Dobrave (Chiusaforte / Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Similar toponyms

Dob
Dobajna
Dobe
Dobenje
Dobeno
Doberdob
Dobindol
Dobinje
Dobje
Doblar
Dobležiče
Dobliče
Dobličica
Dobova
Dobovci
Dobovec
Dobovica
Dobovlje
Dobravica
Dobravka
Dobravlje
Dobravšce
Dobrča
Dobrla
Dobrljevo
Dobrova
Dobrovce
Dobrovec
Dobrovlje
Dobrovnik
Dobrovo
Dobrovščak
Dobrunje
Dobruša

Similar toponyms in other Slavic languages

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dubrava)
Bulgaria (Dabrava)
Czech (Doubrava)
Croatia (Dubrava)
Poland (Dubrawa)
Serbia (Dubrava)
Slovakia (Dúbrava)

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