Kneške Ravne
Kneške Ravne Ravne (till 1953) | |
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  Kneške Ravne Location in Slovenie | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′54.46″N 13°49′26.54″E / 46.2151278°N 13.8240389°ECoordinates: 46°12′54.46″N 13°49′26.54″E / 46.2151278°N 13.8240389°E | |
| Kintra |  Slovenie |
| Region | Slovene Littoral |
| Municipality | Tolmin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.64 km2 (4.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 744.4 m (2,442.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 11 |
| [1] | |
Kneške Ravne (pronounced [ˈkneːʃkɛ ˈɾaːu̯nɛ]) is a dispersed dounset in the hills north o the Bača Valley in the Municipality o Tolmin in the Littoral region o Slovenie.[2] It lees in the soothren border aurie o Triglav Naitional Pairk an is a popular stairtin point for hikes in the soothwastren Julian Alps. The dounset haes been pairt o the pairk syne 2010.
Name
[eedit | eedit soorce]The name o the dounset wis changit frae Ravne tae Kneške Ravne (leeterally, 'Kneža Ravne') in 1953,[3] distinguishin it frae nearbi Tolminske Ravne (leeterally 'Tolmin Ravne') an similarly namit dounsets. The name Ravne is frequent in Slovenie an is adjectival in oreegin, resultin frae ellipsis o the noun phrase ravne njive 'flat fields, level fields', referrin tae the local geografie.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Tolmin municipal site
- ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 348.
Freemit airtins
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