Dob (toponym)
Dob is a Slovene toponym, found in Slovenia, Austria and Italy. It derives from a Proto-Slavic word dǫbъ. The word dob is today used exclusively for Quercus robur, as other oak species have progressively taken other names. Toponyms having their root in the word "dob" are sometimes hard to distinguish from other similar Slovene words —— particularly dober, and dobra, which can be used to refer to many other types of places.
Slovenia
Villages
- Dob, Domžale, village in central Slovenia
- Dob pri Šentvidu, village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia.
Hamlets
- Dob, a hamlet of Slovenska Vas
Austria
Villages
- Dob,
- Dob,
Italy
Villages
- Doberdob,'' - meaning good oak.
Toponyms and microtoponyms with the word dob as their root
Slovenia
- Dobe
- Dobenje
- Dobeno
- Doberdob
- Dobindol
- Dobinje
- Dobje
- Doblar
- Dobležiče
- Dobliče
- Dobličica
- Dobova
- Dobovci
- Dobovec
- Dobovica
- Dobovlje
- Dobrava
- Dobravica
- Dobravka
- Dobravlje
- Dobravšce
- Dobrča
- Dobrla
- Dobrljevo
- Dobrova
- Dobrovce
- Dobrovec
- Dobrovlje
- Dobrovnik
- Dobrovo
- Dobrovščak
- Dobrunje
- Dobruša
Austria
Villages
- Dobajna/Dobein
- Dobajnica/Dobeinitz
- Dobje/Aich
- Dobrawa
- Dobrawa
- Dobrawa
- Dobrova/Dobrowa
- Dobrova/Dobrowa
- Dobrova/Hart
- Dobrova/hart
- Dobrowa
Microtoponyms
- Dobrava mountain near Arnoldstein, Carinthia
- Dobrava
- Dobrava
- Dobrava
Italy
Villages
- Dobbia
- Dobie
Hamlets
- Stallo Dobrave
Croatia
- Dobovec
- Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava
- Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava