Jaun Valley (, ) is a valley in Carinthia, Austria, between the upper Drava and the Karawanks, east of the city of Klagenfurt.
Unlike the Gail Valley, the Jaun Valley is not named after a river, but after the ancient Roman settlement of Juenna.Murray, John. 1867. Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany. 10th ed. London: John Murray, p. 472. Nonetheless, the German name has been traditionally deconstructed as Jaun Valley in English for well over a centuryLipold, M. 1856. "On the Tertiary Deposits of the South-East of Carinthia." The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 13(2): 7–8. and continues to be used today.Wodak, Ruth & Anton Pelinka. 2002. The Haider Phenomenon in Austria. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, p. 72.
See also Jaun Valley dialect Mark an der Drau
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