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Volčja Jama
Volčja Jama
	Volčja Jama Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°1′54.03″N 14°47′58.22″E / 46.0316750°N 14.7995056°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Šmartno pri Litiji
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation	300.3 m (985.2 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	91

Volčja Jama (pronounced [ˈʋoːu̯tʃja ˈjaːma]; German: Wolfsgruben^[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills west of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

Name

The name Volčja Jama literally means 'wolf cave/pit'. The first part of the name is derived from the Slovene adjective volčji (literally, 'wolf'), which may refer to the animal (< volk 'wolf') or to the related Slavic personal name *Vьlkъ. The second part of the name is from the common noun jama 'cave, pit', referring to a geographical feature.^[4]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 94.
^ Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 465.