Trata, Škofja Loka

Trata
Trata
	Trata Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°10′32.15″N 14°20′7.6″E / 46.1755972°N 14.335444°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Škofja Loka
Area
• Total	1.24 km2 (0.48 sq mi)
Elevation	360.7 m (1,183.4 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	163

Trata (pronounced [ˈtɾaːta]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Trata was attested in historical sources as Tratarn in 1291 and as Traten before 1392. The place name Trata occurs several times in Slovenia. It is derived from the Slovene common noun trata 'small treeless meadow', which was borrowed from Middle High German trat 'meadow'.^[2]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Trata include:

Anton Dolinar [sl] (1894–1953), composer and musicologist

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 433.

External links

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Trata on Geopedia

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 433.

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