Dob is a Slovene toponym, found in Slovenia, Austria and Italy. It derives from a Proto-Slavic word dǫbъ (oak). The word dob is today used exclusively for Quercus robur (Slovene: dob), as other oak species have progressively taken other names. Toponyms having their root in the word "dob" are sometimes hard to distinguish from other similar Slovene words —— particularly dober, and dobra (English: good), which can be used to refer to many other types of places.
Slovenia
Villages
Dob, Domžale, village in central Slovenia
Dob pri Šentvidu, village in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica in central Slovenia.
Hamlets
Dob, a hamlet of Slovenska Vas
Austria
Villages
Dob (German: Aich), (Municipality Bleiburg, Carinthia) Dob (German: Aich), (Municipality Velden am Wörther See, Carinthia)
Italy
Villages
Doberdob (Italian: Doberdò del Lago), (Province of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) - meaning good (dober) oak.
Toponyms and microtoponyms with the word dob as their root
Slovenia
Dobe
Dobenje
Dobeno
Doberdob
Dobindol
Dobinje
Dobje
Doblar
Dobležiče
Dobliče
Dobličica
Dobova
Dobovci
Dobovec
Dobovica
Dobovlje
Dobrava
Dobravica
Dobravka
Dobravlje
Dobravšce
Dobrča
Dobrla
Dobrljevo
Dobrova
Dobrovce
Dobrovec
Dobrovlje
Dobrovnik
Dobrovo
Dobrovščak
Dobrunje
Dobruša
Austria
Villages
Dobajna/Dobein (Municipality Keutschach am See, Carinthia) Dobajnica/Dobeinitz (Municipality Keutschach am See, Carinthia) Dobje/Aich (Municipality Grafenstein, Carinthia) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Völkermarkt) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Hohenthurn) Dobrawa (Kärnten / Villach Land/ Arnoldstein) Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality Ruden, Völkermarkt, Cainthia Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality Bleiburg, Carinthia) Dobrova/Dobrowa (Municipality St. Margareten im Rosental, Carinthia) Dobrova/Hart (Municipality Eberndorf) Dobrova/hart (Municipality Sittersdorf, Carinthia) Dobrowa (Municipality Völkermarkt)
Microtoponyms
Dobrava mountain near Arnoldstein, Carinthia
Dobrava (forest near Villach, Carinthia) Dobrava (forest near Wildenstein, Carinthia) Dobrava (forest in Mittlern, Carinthia)
Italia
Villages
Dobbia (Staranzano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Dobie (San Pietro al Natisone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Hamlets
Stallo Dobrave (Chiusaforte / Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Croatia
Dobovec (Cvetlin, Municipality Bednja, Varaždinska županija) Gornja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Gornji Mihaljevec, Međimurska županija) Donja Dubrava - former Dobrava (Međimurska županija)