Dobrava (Doe-bra-va) is a toponym with Slovene origins, used in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Italy.
It derives from the Proto-Slavic word *dǫbъ meaning "oak".
[citation needed] Forests and other oak species have gained different sobriquets in modern usage.
Toponyms that derive from the same root word, dob, are often confused with similar Slovene words — particularly dober and dobra, both meaning "good.
"[citation needed] In contrast to the term dobrava's specificity, however, dober and dobra may be used variably, as names for a miscellany of places.