Pekel, Maribor
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Pekel ( or ) is a settlement north of
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in northeastern
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Name

Pekel was attested in written sources circa 1500 as ''in der Hell''. The name is pronounced ''Pêkel'' (corresponding to the dialect pronunciation of the common noun ''pêkel'' 'Hell') rather than the more standard ''Pekèl''. Across Slovenia there are many oronyms, regional names, and microptoponyms named ''Pekel''. In folk geography, the name was used to metaphorically designate chasms, caves, shafts, and other narrow, dark places; for example, in
Kropa Kropa () is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name The settlement was first attested in 1498 as ''Chropp'' or ''Krupp''. It is believed to derive from the identical hydronym (now Kroparica Cr ...
there is an
oeconym An oeconym, also econym, or oikonym (from , , 'house, dwelling' and , , 'name') is a specific type of toponym that designates a proper name of a house or any other residential building. In a broader sense, the term can also refer to the proper n ...
''Pekel'' originally referring to a blacksmith's shop. Semantically related names in Slovenia include Devil's Hole () in the settlement of Okrog and Devil's Ravine () in the settlement of Parož. See also Pekel, Trebnje, Hell Cave, and
Hell Gorge Hell Gorge () is a gorge in central Slovenia, located near the settlement of Ohonica, southwest of the village of Borovnica and from Ljubljana. Borovniščica Creek has created many erosion features such as pools, rapids, and waterfalls, of w ...
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Pekel on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Maribor {{Maribor-geo-stub