# Dobrava (toponym)

Dobrava (Doe-bra-va) is a toponym with Slovene origins, used in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Italy. It derives from the Proto-Slavic word *dǫbъ meaning "oak". It can be translated into "oak grove" or "oak woods". The term dobrava is used exclusively for Quercus robur.[citation needed] Forests and other oak species have gained different sobriquets in modern usage. Toponyms that derive from the same root word, dob, are often confused with similar Slovene words — particularly dober and dobra, both meaning "good."[citation needed] In contrast to the term dobrava's specificity, however, dober and dobra may be used variably, as names for a miscellany of places.

## Slovenia
### Villages

* Blejska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Jesenice, northwestern Slovenia
* Cerkljanska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem, northwestern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Izola, a village in the Municipality of Izola, Slovenia, southwestern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Križevci, a village in the Municipality of Križevci, Slovenia, northeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Ormož, a village in the Municipality of Ormož, northeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Radeče, a village in the Municipality of Radeče, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Radlje ob Dravi, a village in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi, northeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava ob Krki, a village in the Municipality of Krško, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava pod Rako, a village in the Municipality of Krško, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava pri Konjicah, a village in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice, northeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava pri Kostanjevici, a village in the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava pri Stični, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
* Dobrava pri Škocjanu, a village in the Municipality of Škocjan, southeastern Slovenia
* Dolenja Dobrava, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, a village in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane
* Dolenja Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
* Gorenja Dobrava, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, a village in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane
* Gorenja Dobrava, Trebnje, a village in the Municipality of Trebnje, southeastern Slovenia
* Komendska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Komenda
* Mala Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
* Mislinjska Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Slovenj Gradec, northeastern Slovenia
* Spodnja Dobrava, Moravče, a village in the Municipality of Moravče, central Slovenia
* Spodnja Dobrava, Radovljica, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia
* Srednja Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia
* Velika Dobrava, a village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, southeastern Slovenia
* Zgornja Dobrava, Moravče, a village in the Municipality of Moravče, central Slovenia
* Zgornja Dobrava, Radovljica, a village in the Municipality of Radovljica, northwestern Slovenia

### Microtoponyms (around 150)

* Zajčja Dobrava
* Dobrava (river, Municipality of Vodice)
* Dobrava (forest and protected area near Dobova)
* Dobrava (forest near Muta)
* Dobrava (forest near Selnica ob Dravi)

## Austria
### Microtoponyms

* Dobrawa (Kärnten / Völkermarkt)
* Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Hohenthurn)
* Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Arnoldstein)
* Dobrava (forest near Villach)
* Dobrava (forest near Wildenstein)
* Dobrava (forest in Mittlern)

## Croatia
### Villages

* Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija / Gornji Mihaljevec)
* Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija)

## Italy
### Microtoponyms

* Stallo Dobrave (Chiusaforte / Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

## Similar toponyms

* Dob
* Dobajna
* Dobe
* Dobenje
* Dobeno
* Doberdob
* Dobindol
* Dobinje
* Dobje
* Doblar
* Dobležiče
* Dobliče
* Dobličica
* Dobova
* Dobovci
* Dobovec
* Dobovica
* Dobovlje
* Dobravica
* Dobravka
* Dobravlje
* Dobravšce
* Dobrča
* Dobrla
* Dobrljevo
* Dobrova
* Dobrovce
* Dobrovec
* Dobrovlje
* Dobrovnik
* Dobrovo
* Dobrovščak
* Dobrunje
* Dobruša

## Similar toponyms in other Slavic languages

* Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dubrava
* Bulgaria: Dabrava
* Czech: Doubrava
* Croatia: Dubrava
* Poland: Dubrawa
* Serbia: Dubrava
* Slovakia: Dúbrava
* Macedonia: Dobrava