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Dubrava, Dúbrava, Dubrawa or Dabrava is a toponym common in Slavic regions. Terminology is derived from an old Slavic word dub (oak) and it generally means "oak forest", "woods of dub". Oak was an important tree in Slavic mythology (and in Illyrian mythology). For example, a medieval Slavic settlement of Dubrava later formed the city of Dubrovnik; the species of oak that grows in that area is Quercus ilex L.
The term can refer to:
- Dubrava, Zagreb, one of the largest neighbourhoods of Zagreb, Croatia
- Dubrava, Zagreb County, a village and a municipality in the Zagreb County, Croatia
- Lake Dubrava in northern Croatia
- Dubrava, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, a village on Pelješac, Croatia
- Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a village in Slovakia
- Dúbrava, Levoča District, a village in Slovakia
- Dúbrava, Snina District, a village in Slovakia
- Dubrawa, a Polish term and toponym
- Dabrava, Blagoevgrad Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Dabrava, Dobrich Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Dabrava, Lovech Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Dabrava, Stara Zagora Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Dubrava (Bojnik), a village in Serbia
- Dubrava (Ivanjica), a village in Serbia
- Dubrava (Kuršumlija), a village in Serbia
- Dubrava (Kalinovik), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dubrava Zabočka, a village near Zabok, Croatia
See also
- Dubrave
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