Editing Ljubljana (section)

==Name==
[[File:Valvasor_1689_Ljubljana_lintvern.jpg|thumb|Depiction of the city's coat of arms featuring the [[Saint George and the Dragon|dragon]] on top of the [[Ljubljana Castle|castle]], from [[Valvasor]]'s ''[[The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola]]'', 1689]]
The exact origin of the name ''Ljubljana'' is unclear. In [[Middle Ages|medieval times]], both the river and the town were also called ''Laibach'' ({{IPA|de|ˈlaɪbax|lang|audio=De-Laibach.ogg}}) in German. This name was used within the region until 1918 and continues to be used in German. In Italian, the city is referred to as ''[[:it:Lubiana|Lubiana]]'', and in [[Latin]], it is known as ''Labacum''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Libri Antichi Libri Rari |title=Città di stampa dei LIBRI ANTICHI dei LIBRI VECCHI dei LIBRI RARI |url=http://www.osservatoriolibri.com/luoghi.html |access-date=10 December 2011 |publisher=Osservatoriolibri.com |archive-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202031750/http://www.osservatoriolibri.com/luoghi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- Please maintain the naming conventions [[Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Alternative_names]] by adding alternative English or unofficial foreign names here-->

The German name was first documented in 1144, and the Slovenian form appeared in records as early as 1146. The 10th-century work "Life of Gregentios" provides the Greek variant Λυπλιανές (''Lyplianes'') and situates it among the [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]] in the 6th century. This account is influenced by an earlier northern Italian source written shortly after the [[Siege of Pavia (773–774)|conquest of 774]].<ref>{{citation |title=Life and Works of Saint Gregentios, Archbishop of Taphar: Introduction, Critical Edition and Translation |year=2006 |editor=Albrecht Berger |publisher=De Gruyter}}, pp. 14–17 and 190.</ref>

The connection between the Slovene and German names has posed a puzzle for scholars. In 2007, linguist [[Tijmen Pronk]], an authority in comparative Indo-European linguistics and Slovene dialectology from the [[University of Leiden]], provided strong support for the theory that the Slavic ''ljub-'' 'to love, like' was the most likely origin. He argued that the river's name likely stemmed from the settlement's name.<ref>{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Dr T.C. (Tijmen) Pronk |url=http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/organisation/members/pronktc2.html#contact |access-date=24 April 2012 |publisher=Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, University of Leiden |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817013032/http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/organisation/members/pronktc2.html#contact |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Pronk |first=Tijmen |year=2007 |title=The Etymology of Ljubljana – Laibach |journal=Folia onomastica Croatica |volume=16 |pages=185–191 |issn=1330-0695}}</ref> Silvo Torkar, a linguist with expertise in Slovene names, put forth the idea that Ljubljana's name has its roots in ''Ljubija'', the original name of the [[Ljubljanica|Ljubljanica River]]. This can be traced back to the Old Slavic male name ''Ljubovid'', which translates to 'the one with a lovely appearance'. Torkar also asserted that the name ''Laibach'' is a combination of German and Slovene, sharing its origins with the same personal name.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 May 2011 |title=Dr. Silvo Torkar |url=http://isjfr.zrc-sazu.si/sl/sodelavci/silvo-torkar-sl#page-title |access-date=24 April 2012 |publisher=Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language |language=sl |archive-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101054949/http://isjfr.zrc-sazu.si/sl/sodelavci/silvo-torkar-sl#page-title |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Pronk |first=Tijmen |title=O neprepoznanih ali napačno prepoznanih slovanskih antroponimih v slovenskih zemljepisnih imenih: Čadrg, Litija, Trebija, Ljubija, Ljubljana, Biljana |trans-title=On the unrecognized or incorrectly recognized Slavic anthroponyms in Slovenian toponyms: Čadrg, Litija, Trebija, Ljubija, Ljubljana, Biljana |url=http://www.ljubljana.si/file/32485/ljubljana_l13_st_08-09_2008.pdf |journal=The Etymology of Ljubljana – Laibach |language=sl |pages=257–273 |issn=1330-0695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823142818/http://www.ljubljana.si/file/32485/ljubljana_l13_st_08-09_2008.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>