Matajur () is a mountain in the Julian Alps on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It is located on the border between the Soča Valley and the Italian mountainous region known as Venetian Slovenia, with views over the Adriatic Sea. Its prominence is .
Name
Matajur was attested as
Mons Regis circa 680, and as
in Monte Majori in 1275. The Slovene name
Matajur is derived via
vowel harmony or
akanye from
*Motajur (<
Mǫtmajur), which was borrowed from a Friulian name that developed from Romance
Monte(m) maiōre(m) 'higher mountain'. It is known as
Mat'jur in the local dialect, and in Friulian as
Mòntmaiôr or
Mataiûr (a reborrowing from Slovene).
Another old name for this peak is Velika Baba.
History
On 26 October 1917,
Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captured the mountain during the battle of Caporetto of World War I.
See also
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