Dob is a Slovene toponym, found in Slovenia, Austria and Italy. It derives from a Proto-Slavic word dǫbъ (oak). The word dob is today used exclusively for Quercus robur (Slovene: dob), as other oak species have progressively taken other names. Toponyms having their root in the word "dob" are sometimes hard to distinguish from other similar Slovene words —— particularly dober, and dobra (English: good), which can be used to refer to many other types of places.
Slovenia
Villages Dob, Domžale, village in central Slovenia Dob pri Šentvidu, village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia.
Hamlets Dob, a hamlet of Slovenska Vas
Austria
Villages Dob (German: Aich), (Municipality Bleiburg, Carinthia) Dob (German: Aich), (Municipality Velden am Wörther See, Carinthia)
Italy
Villages Doberdob (Italian: Doberdò del Lago), (Province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) - meaning good (dober) oak.
Toponyms and microtoponyms with the word dob as their root
Slovenia Dobe Dobenje Dobeno Doberdob Dobindol Dobinje Dobje Doblar Dobležiče Dobliče Dobličica Dobova Dobovci Dobovec Dobovica Dobovlje Dobrava Dobravica Dobravka Dobravlje Dobravšce Dobrča Dobrla Dobrljevo Dobrova Dobrovce Dobrovec Dobrovlje Dobrovnik Dobrovo Dobrovščak Dobrunje Dobruša
Austria
Villages Dobajna/Dobein (Municipality Keutschach am See, Carinthia) Dobajnica/Dobeinitz (Municipality Keutschach am See, Carinthia) Dobje/Aich (Municipality Grafenstein, Carinthia) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Völkermarkt) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Hohenthurn) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Arnoldstein) Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality Ruden, Völkermarkt, Cainthia Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality Bleiburg, Carinthia) Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality St. Margareten im Rosental, Carinthia) Dobrova/Hart (Municipality Eberndorf) Dobrova/hart (Municipality Sittersdorf, Carinthia) Dobrowa (Municipality Völkermarkt)
Microtoponyms Dobrava mountain near Arnoldstein, Carinthia Dobrava (forest near Villach, Carinthia) Dobrava (forest near Wildenstein, Carinthia) Dobrava (forest in Mittlern, Carinthia)
Italy
Villages Dobbia (Staranzano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Dobie (San Pietro al Natisone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Hamlets Stallo Dobrave (Chiusaforte / Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Croatia Dobovec (Cvetlin, Municipality Bednja, Varaždinska županija) Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Gornji Mihaljevec, Međimurska županija) Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija)
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