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The Karst region extends from south-west Slovenia to north-eastern Italy with bits in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. There are many forms of the name and geological term: Italian Carso, Friulan Cjar, Slovenian Kras, Croatian Krš, Latin Carusardius. The origin of the term is usually ascribed to a pre-Indo-European language, kar(r)a 'stone'.The article is in French, but I could only find an Italian version quoted online.Quote:Per la sua etimologia il toponimo va messo in parallelo con una base pre-indoeuropea Kar 'luogo roccioso', ma bisogna riflettere sul fatto che i parlanti della zona con carso e carsadelo, designano il 'secchio' e nello stesso tempo il 'crepaccio che penetra profonamente nel suolo'. Ottavio Lurati, "Toponymie et géologie" in Quaderni di semantica, anno XXIX, numero 2, dicembre 2008, p.440.
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