What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 25 April 2022.

‘U kněžské louky’ was built in 1931. It roughly translates as ‘at the priestly meadow’, and was named after the original name of the land.

If anyone can explain why it’s ‘louky’ with an ‘ou’, when the nearby tram stop (Kněžská luka) only has a ‘u’, you will make my day, thanks.

18 November 2022: wow, these things were a lot shorter when I started.