The Brkini Hills (pronounced[bəɾˈkiːni]; Slovene: Brkini; Croatian: Brkinija[1]) is a hilly region in southwestern Slovenia.[2]
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^Matijašić, Robert; Nikočević, Lidija (2005). "Brkini". In Miroslav Bertoša, Robert Matijašić (ed.). Istrian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
The BrkiniHills (pronounced [bəɾˈkiːni]; Slovene: Brkini; Croatian: Brkinija) is a hilly region in southwestern Slovenia. The BrkiniHills border the...
lies between the Vipava Valley, the low hills surrounding the valley, the westernmost part of the BrkiniHills, northern Istria, and the Gulf of Trieste...
remains of the Margraviate of Istria south of the Karst Plateau and the BrkiniHills were also administered from Carniola. In its final extent, re-established...
Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the centre of the BrkiniHills region. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence...
Slovenia, lying between high Dinaric plateaus, the Karst Plateau, and the BrkiniHills. It covers an area of 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi). To the northwest...
has monophthongized into eː. Similar assimilation also occurred in the BrkiniHills and northern Pivka Basin. In the southern part of the Pivka Basin, however...
densely wooded Snežnik plateau in the northeast. In the southwest, the BrkiniHills form the natural border with the Slovene Littoral (Slovene Istria) historical...
*bьrdo) 'little hill'. The name thus refers to a local geographical feature. During the Second World War, Partisan units based in the BrkiniHills maintained...
Harije is an elongated village on a hill ridge in the southeast part of the Brkini region along the road from Ilirska Bistrica to Podgrad. It lies at a watershed;...
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