What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 11 June 2022.

Buková was built in 1962.

We’re still on the trees, and a buk is a beech (Fagus).

In Central Europe, the beech is the main feature of deciduous forests.

In the Czech Republic, the tree has also given its name to a village of 303 people in Prostějov District: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukov%C3%A1_(okres_Prost%C4%9Bjov).