Bukovica (pronounced [ˈbuːkɔʋitsa]; Italian: Boccavizza) is a village in the lower Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Renče–Vogrsko in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

Bukovica is a common toponym and oronym in Slovenia, and in South Slavic areas in general.

It is derived from the adjective bukov 'beech' (from bukev 'beech tree') and originally referred to the local vegetation.

[4] The village has a World War I military cemetery, with the remains of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers who fought on this section of the front during the Battles of the Isonzo.

[5] The soldiers buried in Bukovica fought in the 24th Infantry Regiment (K. u. K. Infanterieregiment "Ritter von Kummer" No.