Dolenje Otave

Dolenje Otave
Dolenje Otave is located in Slovenia
Dolenje Otave
Dolenje Otave
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°50′13.56″N 14°24′57.43″E / 45.8371000°N 14.4159528°E / 45.8371000; 14.4159528
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityCerknica
Area
 • Total
2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi)
Elevation
793 m (2,602 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
31
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
[1]

Dolenje Otave (pronounced [dɔˈleːnjɛ ɔˈtaːʋɛ]; German: Unterotawe[2]) is a small village in the hills northeast of Begunje in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

The name Dolenje Otave literally means 'lower Otave', contrasting with the name of neighboring Gorenje Otave (literally, 'upper Otave'). The name is probably derived from the Slovene common noun otava 'second crop (of hay)', referring to a meadow or area where hay could be harvested twice during the summer.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 122.
  3. ^ Cerknica municipal site
  4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 297.


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