What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).

Prague 4, day 476: Magistrů

Magistrů was created from the combination of two other roads in 1947.

One of those streets was called Krokova, on which see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/22/prague-2-day-90-krokova/.

And the second one was called Nerudova, on which… yes, you got it: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/08/prague-1-day-37-nerudova/.

A ‘magistr’ is someone who holds a Master’s Degree (‘Mgr.’ is something you will see on many Czech email signatures).

You could be a ‘magistr přírodních věd’ (Master of Sciences, MSc) or a ‘magistr společenských věd’ (Master of Arts, MA).

Making this street another reminder of Michle’s history as property of Charles University (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/10/11/prague-4-day-469-michelska/). Something tells me I’ll be bringing this up a lot more.

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