in Ancient Geography, a western district of Illyricum, anciently threefold; the first Japydia extending from the springs of the Timavus to Istri; the second, from the river Arisa to the river Tadinius; and the third, called Inalpina, situated in Mount Albius and the other Alps, which run out above Istri. Japodes, or Japules, the people. Now constituting the fourth part of Carniola, and the west of Austrian Croatia.