What's in a Prague street name

V zálomu was built in 1931.

‘Zalomit’ is a verb translating as ‘to break’, ‘to bend’. It can also be used to mean ‘to wrap’, in the sense of ‘wrap text’.

A ‘zálom’ would be a curve or a bend, but it doesn’t seem to be a very common word these days (Polish ‘załom’ gets more hits, but most of these are literary).

In any case, the shape of the street in the map above gives a pretty idea of how it got its name.