Etymology of Prague?

[David Boruma]

S-C: Krajina, Presek, Medjugorje, Pregrada, Tijesno, Uvala, Igalo,
Zagreb, Posavlje, Podunavlje, Kotar, Ostro, Zali are among the many
South Slavic place names which imply liminality, at least to me.
Jasenovac, Topola, Zirje, Hrasce, etc., are delimiting names in given
circumstances, too, implying that here begins or ends a worthy stand of
ashes, poplars, etc. "Brod" might qualify as a liminal signifier, since
it traces a "river fording". Meja, Medje, and other derivatives of the
very word for border also can be found as place names. That's all a bit
_sub_liminal!

Geographical possessives often express contiguous liminality in neat
pairs with chaotic pasts: Slavonski Brod, Bosanski Brod.

David Boruma


Charles Price wrote:
> Can anyone think of other
> Slavic place names expressing liminality?

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