What's in a Prague street name

Na Borovém was built in 1930.

A ‘bor’ is a pine; ‘borový’ is therefore the adjective, and a ‘borový les’ is a pine forest. There was once one round here, eventually replaced by the Krč housing estate.

The forest was generally known as ‘Borový’ (no les), hence the street name.

Obviously, that forest is long gone, meaning I don’t have photos of it, but I did have a work trip to eastern Serbia in 2018 which required a night staying by Bor Lake (Borsko jezero), and it was delightful: