Dorfarje
Dorfarje (pronounced [ˈdoːɾfaɾjɛ]; German: Dörfern) is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name Dorfarje was first attested in 1291 as in Dorfern. It is derived from Middle High German Dorfern, originally a plural form of the common noun dorfære 'villager' (< dorf 'village'). The name therefore literally means 'villagers' and refers to early German colonization of the Sora Plain. In the past the German name was Dörfern.
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. 62.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 119.
External links
Media related to Dorfarje at Wikimedia Commons- Dorfarje on Geopedia
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