English Explanatory Dictionary

Gottschee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A region in southern Slovenia which was historically inhabited by the Germanic Gottscheers who spoke Gottscheerish.
  2. Former name of Kočevje, the main city of this region.

Word forms

Gottschee

Etymology

From German Gottschee, first mentioned in 1363 as Middle High German Gotsche. Compare the Slovenian name Kočevsko.

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