What's in a Prague street name

Svážná was built in 1925.

‘Svažovat se’ is a verb translating as ‘slope (down)’, ‘descend’ or ‘dip’.

And that’s exactly what this street does, towards central Nusle.

The associated noun – ‘svah’ – translates as ‘slope’, as in ‘lyžařský svah’, which is a ski slope or a ski run. It can also be translated as ‘hillside’.

I didn’t want to start taking pics of people’s homes, but (you can maybe see in the street sign pic that) this street has rather nice houses.