Marindol () is a settlement on the

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above the left bank of the Kolpa River in the

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in the

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area of southeastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

Marindol was first attested in written sources in 1477 as ''Marintall'' (and in 1490 as ''Marental''). The name is a compound formed from ''*Mari(ji)n dol'' (literally, 'Mary's valley'). The settlement was also once known as ''Šobatovci'' or ''Šobatovo selo'', or ''Šabotovo/Šobotovo selo'', cited as ''Shebatova sella'' in 1674.Terseglav, Marko. 1996. ''Uskoška pesemska dediščina Bele Krajine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 22–23.

References

External links

Marindol on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj Serb communities in Slovenia {{Crnomelj-geo-stub