Matajur

{{Short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Matajur | image = Matajur_v_ozadju.jpg | image_caption = View of Matajur from the village of Borjana (southwestern Slovenia) | elevation_m = 1650 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 1385 | prominence_ref = | map = Alps | map_caption = Location in the Alps | location = Slovenia / Italy | range = Julian Alps and Prealps | coordinates = {{coord|46|12|44|N|13|31|45|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} }}

'''Matajur''' ({{IPA|sl|mataˈjuːɾ|pron}}) is a {{convert|1642|m|adj=on|sp=us}} 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 {{convert|1385|m|sp=us}}.

==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).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Snoj|first1=Marko|title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen|date=2009|publisher=Modrijan|location=Ljubljana|page=254}}</ref> Another old name for this peak is Velika Baba.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

==History== On 26 October 1917, Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captured the mountain during the battle of Caporetto of World War I.

==See also== * Battle of Caporetto * Kolovrat Range

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.hribi.net/gora.asp?lng=1&gorovjeid=26&id=747 Matajur - Hribi.net] *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mataiur}} Category:Mountains of the Slovene Littoral Category:Mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Italy–Slovenia border Category:International mountains of Europe Category:One-thousanders of Italy Category:One-thousanders of Slovenia