Again about the Name of the City of Zagreb Cover Image

Opet oko imena grada Zagreba
Again about the Name of the City of Zagreb

Author(s): Miroslav Kravar
Subject(s): Regional Geography, South Slavic Languages, Theory of Literature
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: etymology; name; city; Zagreb;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the traditional opinion on the etymology of the place-name Zagreb, i .e. Slov. Zagreb »dam« > Croat Zagreb, extended recently by an attempt to reduce it to Pr.-Sl. greb- < greb-, what is here rejected.

  • Issue Year: 39/1991
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 150-152
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Croatian