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Ćićarija

Mountainous plateau in Croatia and Slovenia

Summary

Mountainous plateau in Croatia and Slovenia

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name	Ćićarija
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photo_caption	Ćićarija seen from Gračišće
elevation_m	1272
location	Croatia-Slovenia border in Istria
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map_caption	Location of Ćićarija in Croatia (on the border with Slovenia)
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Ćićarija (; ; ; ) is a mountainous plateau in the northern and northeastern part of the Istria peninsula, 45 km long and 10 - wide. It mostly lies in Croatia, while its northern part lies in southwestern Slovenia (the traditional region of Inner Carniola). The highest peak is Veliki Planik at 1272 m.

At 7 PD/km2 (2001), Ćićarija is sparsely populated, due to its karst landscape, poor economic development and rough climate.

Name

The name Ćićarija is derived from the South Slavic term Ćić, which refers to Istrians living in the area around the Učka Mountains, originally referring to the Vlachs and Istro-Romanians of the area. The ethnonym is believed to derive from the Istro-Romanian word ce 'what', which is a semantic basis for other regional ethnonyms (cf. Kajkavian, Chakavian, etc.).

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Bibliography

References

(2009). "Geographical and meteorological data". [[Croatian Bureau of Statistics]].
Skok, Petar. (1971). "Etimologijski rječnik Hrvatskoga i Srpskoga jezika". JAZU.
Snoj, Marko. (2009). "Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen".
Baš, Angelos. (2004). "Slovenski etnološki leksikon".

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