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. It derives from a

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word dǫbъ (oak). The word dob is today used exclusively for

Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', the pedunculate oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe and western Asia, and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions. It ...

(Slovene: ''dob''), as other oak species have progressively taken other names. Toponyms having their root in the word "dob" are sometimes hard to distinguish from other similar Slovene words —— particularly dober, and dobra ( English: ''good''), which can be used to refer to many other types of places.

Slovenia

Villages

* Dob, Domžale, village in central Slovenia * Dob pri Šentvidu, village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia.

Hamlets

* Dob, a hamlet of Slovenska Vas

Austria

Villages

* Dob (German: ''Aich''), (Municipality

Bleiburg Bleiburg () is a small town in the south Austrian state of Carinthia (''Koroška''), south-east of Klagenfurt, in the district of Völkermarkt, some four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the border with Slovenia. The municipality consists of the twel ...

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) * Dob (German: Aich), (Municipality

Velden am Wörther See Velden am Wörther See (Slovenian language, Slovene: ''Vrba na Koroškem'') is a market town in Villach-Land District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Situated on the western shore of the Wörthersee lake, it is one of the co ...

)

Italy

Villages

* Doberdob (Italian: ''Doberdò del Lago),'' (

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) - meaning good (dober) oak.

Toponyms and microtoponyms with the word dob as their root

Slovenia

* Dobe * Dobenje * Dobeno * Doberdob * Dobindol * Dobinje * Dobje * Doblar * Dobležiče * Dobliče * Dobličica * Dobova * Dobovci * Dobovec * Dobovica * Dobovlje * Dobrava * Dobravica * Dobravka * Dobravlje * Dobravšce * Dobrča * Dobrla * Dobrljevo * Dobrova * Dobrovce * Dobrovec * Dobrovlje * Dobrovnik * Dobrovo * Dobrovščak * Dobrunje * Dobruša

Austria

Villages

* Dobajna/Dobein (Municipality

Keutschach am See Keutschach am See () is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land District, Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Geography The municipality lies in a glacial valley between the Wörthersee Lake and Mt. P ...

) * Dobajnica/Dobeinitz (Municipality Keutschach am See, Carinthia) * Dobje/Aich (Municipality

Grafenstein Grafenstein () is a town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mo ...

, Carinthia) * Dobrawa (Kärnten / Völkermarkt) * Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Hohenthurn) * Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/

Arnoldstein Arnoldstein (, ) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography Location Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the c ...

) * Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality Ruden, Völkermarkt, Cainthia * Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality

, Carinthia) * Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality St. Margareten im Rosental, Carinthia) * Dobrova/Hart (Municipality

Eberndorf Eberndorf (, archaically ''Dobrla ves'') is a market town of the Völkermarkt District in Carinthia (state), Carinthia, Austria. Geography It is the main settlement in the Jaun (''Podjuna'') Valley of the Drava River, east of the Carinthian capit ...

) * Dobrova/hart (Municipality Sittersdorf, Carinthia) * Dobrowa (Municipality Völkermarkt)

Microtoponyms

* Dobrava mountain near Arnoldstein, Carinthia * Dobrava (forest near Villach, Carinthia) * Dobrava (forest near Wildenstein, Carinthia) * Dobrava (forest in Mittlern, Carinthia)

Italy

Villages

* Dobbia ( Staranzano,

) * Dobie (

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, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Hamlets

* Stallo Dobrave ( Chiusaforte / Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Croatia

* Dobovec (Cvetlin, Municipality Bednja, Varaždinska županija) * Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava (

Gornji Mihaljevec Gornji Mihaljevec () is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia. History The oldest archaeological finds in Gornji Mihaljevec municipality are from the Roman period. Fragments of Roman roads were found in the villages ...

, Međimurska županija) * Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija) Slavic toponyms