What's in a Prague street name

Večerní was built in 1973.

Part three of the times-of-day series that started on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/01/14/prague-4-day-279-poledni/ and continued with https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/02/02/prague-4-day-298-jitrni/: ‘večer’ is ‘evening’.

This reminds me of the first time I lived in Prague; I was an English teacher, and, in the practice lessons, I learned that Czechs learning English may get very confused if you ask what they did ‘last night’ – because, when we say ‘last night’, what we really mean is ‘yesterday evening’.

In other words, those Czechs are not at all wrong.

The adjective from ‘večer’ is ‘večerní’; a ‘večerní škola’ would be a night school – proving my point above very effectively – although, when it comes to ‘večerní šaty’, we are quite consistent, and say ‘evening dress’.