Etymology

Divje Babe

Today it means: A karst cave and archaeological park overlooking the Idrijca River, and the oldest archaeological site in Slovenia. Full definition →

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The story

  1. Slovene · borrowed frombabe“old women”
  2. Slovene · borrowed fromdivje“wild”
  3. English todayDivje Babe

From Slovene divje (“wild”) + Slovene babe (“old women”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.