Vrakuňa

Vrakuňa
Borough
Country Slovakia
Region Bratislava
District Bratislava II
River Little Danube
Elevation 130 m (427 ft)
Coordinates SK 48°09′00″N 17°13′00″E / 48.15000°N 17.21667°E / 48.15000; 17.21667Coordinates: SK 48°09′00″N 17°13′00″E / 48.15000°N 17.21667°E / 48.15000; 17.21667
Area 10.297 km2 (3.976 sq mi)
Population 18,996 (2005)
Density 1,845/km2 (4,779/sq mi)
First mentioned 1279
Postal code 82704
Area code +421-02
Car plate BA, BL
Location of Vrakuňa in Slovakia
Website: www.bratislava-vrakuna.sk
Source[1]

Vrakuňa is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It is divided by into two parts by the Little Danube river.

Names and etymology

The first written mention of Vrakuňa was in 1279 as a village named Werekne. Some other recorded medieval names are Verekene (1290), Frecendorf (1297), Verekuna (1323), Oluerekenye (1356), Berekenye in theutonico Fratedorf (1393) or Vraknye (1459).

The name is probably derived from a Proto-Slavic appelative *vrakunъ, potentially reflecting Pre-Christian (pagan) rituals. The stem vra- means "to speak without making any sense", vrakúň – a wizzard, preserved in Russian as вракун/vrakun – a liar, a gossip).[2][3] Lajos Kiss (1988) tried to drive the name from Proto-Slavic vir- (a whirl). Šimon Ondruš (1990) from Proto-Slavic vorkъ (in East Slavic languages: vorok - a fence, a barrier) like Vorkonъ, Vorkunovka and other similiar names,[4] but documented only for the East Slavs.

History

Vrakuňa became an official borough of Bratislava on January 1, 1972.

References

  1. "Mestská a obecná štatistika SR". Statistics.sk. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. Hladký, Juraj; Závodný, Andrej (2014). "Slovansko-slovenské kulturologické fenomény v starej slovenskej toponymii (na materiáli Žitného ostrova)" [The Slavic-Slovak Culturogical Phenomena in Older Slovak Toponyms]. Studia Slovakistica: Словацька філологія в Україні (PDF) (in Slovak). Uzhhorod: Видавництво О. Гаркуші.
  3. Hladký, Juraj (2013). "Vlastné meno onymickom v regionálnom systéme" (PDF). Актуальні проблеми філології та перекладознавства (in Slovak). ISSN 2415-7929.
  4. Ondruš, Šimon (1990). "Rača, Vrača > Brača, Vrakuňa a vrkoč" (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak) (1): 28.


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