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Bavšica

Bavšica (pronounced [ˈbaːu̯ʃitsa]; Italian: Bausizza[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Geography

Bavšica lies in a glacial valley below Mount Bavšica Grintovec (Slovene: Bavški Grintavec) in the Julian Alps to the east[3] and the Log Cliff (Slovene: Loška stena, Italian: Parete di Bretto[4]) to the north.[5] The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center (Slovene: Planinsko učno središče Bavšica) (PUS Bavšica[6]), the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.[7]

Name

Bavšica was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as Bauschiza. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun balha (dialect bau̯ha) 'matgrass', referring to the local vegetation. A less likely explanation is that the name is derived from the adjective *balh 'whitish, pale'.[8]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Tul, Vlasta. 1997. Vodnik po fondih in zbirkah Pokrajinskega arhiva v Novi Gorici. Nova Gorica: Pokrajinski arhiv, p. 138.
  3. ^ Bovec municipal site Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Buscaini, Gino. 1974. Alpi Giulie. Milan: Club Alpino Italiano, p. 408.
  5. ^ Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 100.
  6. ^ "PUS Bavšica". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  7. ^ Alpine Association of Slovenia
  8. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 53.