Dragočajna

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]

Dragočajna
Dragočajna from northwest (August 2019)
Dragočajna
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°10′28.58″N 14°25′3.25″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityMedvode
Area
 • Total2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Elevation
349.3 m (1,146.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total171
[1]

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. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 8.
  3. 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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