What is "dubrava"

Dubrava, Dúbrava, Doubrava, Dubrawa, Dąbrowa, Dabrava or Dubrave is a toponym common in Slavic regions. Terminology is derived from an old Slavic word dub ( oak) and it generally means "oak grove", "dub woods". Oak was an important tree in Slavic mythology (and in Illyrian mythology). For example, a medieval Slavic settlement of Dubrava later formed the city of Dubrovnik; the species of oak that grows in that area is Quercus ilex L.

The term can refer to:

Croatia

• Dubrava, Zagreb, one of the largest neighbourhoods of Zagreb
• Dubrava, Zagreb County, a village and a municipality in the Zagreb County
• Lake Dubrava in northern Croatia
• Dubrava, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, a village on Pelješac
• Dubrava, Split-Dalmatia County, a village near Omiš
• Dubrava Zabočka, a village near Zabok

Slovakia

• Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a village
• Dúbrava, Levoča District, a village
• Dúbrava, Snina District, a village
• Hronská Dúbrava, Ziar nad Hronom District, a village

the Czech republic

• Doubrava (Karviná), a village
• Doubrava (Aš), a village

Poland

• Dubrawa, a Polish term and toponym

Bulgaria

• Dabrava, Blagoevgrad Province, a village
• Dabrava, Dobrich Province, a village
• Dabrava, Lovech Province, a village
• Dabrava, Stara Zagora Province, a village

Serbia

• Dubrava, Bojnik, a village
• Dubrava, Ivanjica, a village
• Dubrava, Kuršumlija, a village

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Dubrava, Kalinovik, a village

Dubrava is a village situated in Knić municipality in Serbia.