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Country
  
Statistical region
  
Central Slovenia

Area
  
222 ha

Local time
  
Monday 7:21 PM

Traditional region
  
Elevation
  
349 m

Population
  
171 (2002)

Municipality
  
Medvode

Dragočajna

Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 80% Humidity

Dragočajna ([dɾaɡɔˈtʃaːi̯na]; in older sources also Dragočajn, German: Dragotschein or Dragotschain) is a village on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Contents

Map of 1216 Drago%C4%8Dajna, Slovenia

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'. The settlement was known as Dragotschein or Dragotschain in German in the past.

References

Dragočajna Wikipedia


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