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{{Short description|Mountain in Italy}}

{{Infobox mountain
| name = Matajur
| photo = Matajur_v_ozadju.jpg
| photo_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 [[Topographic prominence|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 language|Friulian]] name that developed from [[Romance languages|Romance]] ''Monte(m) maiōre(m)'' 'higher mountain'. It is known as ''Mat'jur'' in the [[Natisone Valley dialect|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]
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[[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]]


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