Matajur () is a mountain in the
Julian Alps
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on the border between
Italy
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and
Slovenia
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. It is located on the border between the
Soča
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An Alpine river in character, its source lies i ...
Valley and the Italian mountainous region known as
Venetian Slovenia
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, with views over the
Adriatic Sea
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. Its
prominence
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is .
Name
Matajur was attested as ''Mons Regis'' circa 680, and as ''in Monte Majori'' in 1275. The Slovene name ''Matajur'' is derived via
vowel harmony
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or
akanye
Akanye or akanje ( be, аканне, russian: а́канье, ), literally "''a''-ing", is a sound change in Slavic languages in which the phonemes or are realized as more or less close to . It is a case of vowel reduction.
The most familiar ...
from ''*Motajur'' (< ''Mǫtmajur''), which was borrowed from a
Friulian name that developed from
Romance
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Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
''Monte(m) maiōre(m)'' 'higher mountain'. It is known as ''Mat'jur'' in the
local dialect
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Geography and transportation
* Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand
* Local, Missouri, a community in the United States
* Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administra ...
, and in Friulian as ''Mòntmaiôr'' or ''Mataiûr'' (a reborrowing from Slovene).
Another old name for this peak is Velika Baba.
History
On 26 October 1917,
Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captured the mountain during the
battle of Caporetto
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of
World War I
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.
See also
*
Battle of Caporetto
The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) was a battle on the Italian front of World War I.
The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central ...
*
Kolovrat Range
References
External links
Matajur - Hribi.net*
Mountains of the Slovene Littoral
Mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Mountains of the Alps
Italy–Slovenia border
International mountains of Europe
One-thousanders of Italy
One-thousanders of Slovenia
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