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Bavšica
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionSlovenian Littoral
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityBovec
Area
 • Total25.22 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Elevation
697.6 m (2,288.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total11
[1]

Bavšica (Italian: Bausizza) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies in a glacial valley below Mount Bavšica Grintovec (Slovene: Bavški Grintavec) in the Julian Alps.[2] The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center (Slovene: Planinsko učno središče Bavšica) (PUS Bavšica[3]) the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.[4]

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'.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Bovec municipal site
  3. ^ PUS Bavšica
  4. ^ Alpine Association of Slovenia
  5. ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 53.


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