Bokrači
| Bokrači | |
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  Bokrači Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′55″N 16°11′45.37″E / 46.73194°N 16.1959361°ECoordinates: 46°43′55″N 16°11′45.37″E / 46.73194°N 16.1959361°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Prekmurje |
| Statistical region | Mura |
| Municipality | Puconci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267.9 m (878.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 70 |
| [1] | |
Bokrači (in older sources also Bokreči,[2] Hungarian: Bokrács[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3] It is divided into Spodnji Bokrači (or Spodnja Ves, Slovene: Spodnja ves) with the Fartel, Mlinar, Vukon, and Žagar farms, Zgornji Bokrači (or Zgornja Ves, Slovene: Zgornja ves) with the hamlets of Talaberov Breg and Žgonjarov Breg, and the hamlets of Duge Gomile and Malačičevi.[4]
Name
Bokrači was attested in written sources in 1355 as Volkarach (and as Bolrah in 1359 and Wolcrach in 1370). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name is derived from *Bolkrači, presumably a plural form of the personal name *Bolkrač, which is believed to be a hypocorism of a German name with the root *folc- (from which the German name Volker and Slovene name Volkar are derived). The name would thus refer to an early inhabitant of the place. A less likely possibility is that the name is derived from the Slavic hypocorism *Vьlkoračь.[5] In the local dialect, the village is known as Bokreči.[4]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1 2 Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 4.
- ↑ Puconci municipal site
- 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 286.
- ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 69.
External links
Media related to Bokrači at Wikimedia Commons- Bokrači on Geopedia
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