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).

Category: Shapes

  • Prague 4, day 55: V zálomu

    V zálomu was built in 1931. ‘Zalomit’ is a verb translating as ‘to break’, ‘to bend’. It can also be used to mean ‘to wrap’, in the sense of ‘wrap text’. A ‘zálom’ would be a curve or a bend, but it doesn’t seem to be a very common word these days (Polish ‘załom’ gets…

  • Prague 3, day 36: V Okruží

    Originally published on Twitter on 29 May 2022. V Okruží was built in 1931. Does anybody like bad translations? Because the internet is giving me ‘in a ruff’. Which, if you replace the ‘r’ with an ‘h’, describes me as I try to make sense of this. Thankfully, my Lingea dictionary gives me the much…

  • Prague 3, day 35: Křivá

    Originally posted on Twitter on 28 May 2022. Křivá was built in 1931. Křivá means ‘crooked’, which is a reasonable representation of the street’s shape. It can also mean ‘trumped up’, but, as proved by the photo above, this is not a street that I have invented. Promise. As with Luční yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-34-lucni/), there was…