Perkupa is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

Names and etymology

The name is of Slavic origin: prěkopa or priekopa 'ditch'. There are several villages in Slovakia with similar names (e.g. Priekopa, Sobrance District).[1][2][3] 1332—1335 de Precupa. The name of the part Dobódél comes from the name of Dubodiel (Trenčín District).[3]

References

  1. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1988). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (fourth, expanded and revised edition) (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 337.
  2. ^ The first edition of Kiss' monograph (1978) pronouncedly states the name of the village derives from Slovak.
  3. ^ a b Varsik, Branislav (1973). Osídlenie košickej kotliny (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. pp. 346–347.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkupa
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