Official Name: | Žabjak |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mura |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Radenci |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.6367°N 16.0094°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 240 |
Žabjak (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʒaːbjak/, German: Krottendorf[2]) is a former village in northeastern Slovenia in the Municipality of Radenci. It is now part of the village of Boračeva.[3] It is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.
Žabjak lies southwest of the village center of Boračeva on the edge of the Mura Basin.[1] [3] It is a scattered settlement below the neighboring village of Janžev Vrh.[3]
The name Žabjak is derived from the Slovene common noun žaba 'frog'. This is also the basis of similar Slovene toponyms such as Žabnica, Žabče, Žablje, and Žabja vas, referring to a damp place where frogs lived.[4]
Žabjak ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1949, when it was annexed by Boračeva.[5] [6]