What's in a Prague street name

Polední was built in 1925.

‘Polední’ is the adjective from ‘poledne’, midday or noon. You might be reading this on your ‘polední přestávka’ (lunch break).

In Polish (but not in Czech), ‘południe’ means not only ‘noon’ but ‘south’ (and, yes, the word for ‘midnight’, ‘północ’ also means ‘north’).

This is the first in a series of four streets, although the other three are entirely in Hodkovičky, and we’ve got *counts* another nine Braník streets to get through first.

Needing that ice to go away so I can go and take pics.