What's in a Prague street name

Na Větrově was built in 1925.

Větrov, deriving from ‘vítr’ (wind), is a name popularly given to hills which are bare of vegetation and quite, yes, windy. This area was once called Větrov for that reason.

If you think we’ve been on this topic before, we have – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/25/prague-2-day-113-apolinarska/ for a hill in the New Town with the same name.

As well as https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/31/prague-2-day-136-pod-vetrovem/ for a decent bit of wind-related vocab.