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Prague 4, day 242: Nad strouhou
Nad strouhou was named in 1926. A ‘strouha’ is an artificial or natural flow of water. It can be used to drain water, or to power a mill. I’m going to go with ‘gully’ as a reasonable English translation. I’m also going to assume it comes from the same Old Slavic source as Struga in Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 210: Nad přívozem
Nad přívozem was built in 1926. A ‘přívoz’ is a ferry. Czech Wikipedia lists 17 current ferry routes across the Vltava – and 85 which are no more. Of the 17 remaining ones, only six are in Prague, and one is just for tourists. Two ferries used to cross the Vltava to/from Braník: one, sailing Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 168: Nad vrstvami
Nad vrstvami was built in 1926. ‘Nad vrstvami’ literally translates as ‘Above the layers’. On which: see the almost identically-named https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/06/prague-4-day-164-na-vrstvach/. Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 1: Italská
Originally published on Twitter on 7 November 2022. Italská was created (though not built) in 1926. Italská was formed by joining parts of two other streets – Žižkova (built in 1889 – see multiple Prague 3 posts if you want to learn about Jan Žižka), and Divišova, built in 1884. Prokop Diviš (1698-1765) was a Continue reading
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