Draga pri Šentrupertu ( or ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

northwest of

Šentrupert Šentrupert (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in southeastern Slovenia. ...

in southeastern

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. The area is part of the historical region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south an ...

. The

Municipality of Šentrupert The Municipality of Šentrupert () is a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentrupert. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Southeast Slovenia St ...

is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Draga'' to ''Draga pri Šentrupertu'' (literally, 'Draga near Šentrupert') in 1953. The name ''Draga'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''draga'' 'small, narrow valley', referring to the geographical location of the settlement.Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 120.

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External links

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Draga pri Šentrupertu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šentrupert {{Šentrupert-geo-stub