Buč (; in older sources also ''Beč'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 30–31.] german: Butsch
) is a small settlement on the
Nevljica River in the
Tuhinj Valley
The Tuhinj Valley (; sl, Tuhinjska dolina) is a valley in Slovenia linking the Celje Basin with the Ljubljana Basin in an east-west direction along the courses of the Nevljica and Motnišnica rivers.
Geography
The western part of the valley wa ...
in the
Municipality of Kamnik
The Municipality of Kamnik (; sl, Občina Kamnik) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kamnik. Today it is part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It is the 15th-largest municipality by area ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It includes the hamlets of Brezovica (german: Bresowitz
), Vetrnik, and Smrtna Vas ( sl, Smrtna vas).
Name
Buč was attested in written sources in 1400 as ''Futsch'' (and as ''Fuczsch'' in 1444, ''Zhetsch'' in 1477, and ''dorff Watscha'' in 1495). In the local dialect, the settlement is known as ''Bəč''. The name ''Buč'' is related to the Slovene common noun ''beč'' '(stone- or wood-lined) hollow with a spring' (< ''*bъťъ''), referring to a local geographical feature. The Slavic word ''*bъťъ'' was borrowed from Latin ''buttis'' 'barrel' and is also the origin of the Slovene toponyms ''
Beč'' and ''
Bač''. This name form with ''-u-'' is based on old transcriptions and also labialization of the semivowel after initial ''b-''.
In the past the German name was ''Butsch''.
References
External links
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Buč on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kamnik
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