Sabotin (, ) is mountain ridge overlooking

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, and

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on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the

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spanning the Soča River.

Name

The mountain was first attested in written sources circa 1370 as ''Saluatin''. The name is of unclear origin. Based on the oldest transcriptions of the name, it can be derived from ''*Salbotin'', based on the Latin personal name ''Salvus'' (literally, 'healthy'). Another possibility (assuming that the old transcriptions are wrong) is that the name was originally ''Sabotin'', based on the Italian name ''Sàb(b)ato'', originally given to a child born on a Saturday. A third possibility is that it is derived from ''*San Valentin'' (there is a church dedicated to

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on the mountain) through a number of unexpected phonological changes.

History

Sabotin represented an important point for defending Gorizia during the Soča/Isonzo offensives. It was defended by the Austro-Hungarian 58th division.

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assigned general Giuseppe Venturi's 45th division to capture Sabotin in the

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. On 6 August 1916, after a brief and bloody battle, the mountain was captured by the Italians.

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* Mountains of the Slovene Littoral Mountains under 1000 metres {{Italy-mountain-stub