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Bokrači Bokreči
BokračiLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°43′55″N 16°11′45.37″E / 46.73194°N 16.1959361°E / 46.73194; 16.1959361
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Puconci
Area
• Total	2.84 km (1.10 sq mi)
Elevation	267.9 m (878.9 ft)
Population
• Total	70

Bokrači (pronounced [ˈboːkɾatʃi]; in older sources and locally Bokreči, Hungarian: Bokrács) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. 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.

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. Locally, the village is known as Bokreči.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 4.
3. Jakopin 1985, p. 23.
4. Puconci municipal site
5. ^ Savnik, Roman (1980). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 286.
6. 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

Bibliography

• Jakopin, Franc (1985). Sluga, Meta (ed.). Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba.

v t e Municipality of Puconci
Settlements	Administrative seat: Puconci Current Beznovci Bodonci Bokrači Brezovci Dankovci Dolina Gorica Kuštanovci Lemerje Mačkovci Moščanci Otovci Pečarovci Poznanovci Predanovci Prosečka Vas Puževci Šalamenci Strukovci Vadarci Vaneča Zenkovci Former Novi Beznovci Stari Beznovci
Landmarks	Bodonci Lutheran Church Puconci Lutheran Church St. Sebastian's Church
Notable people	Mihály Bertalanits Ferenc Berke Rudolf Czipott Iván Fliszár János Fliszár Mátyás Godina Jožef Kerec József Klekl (politician) Mihály Kolossa István Küzmics Gergely Luthár István Lülik Iván Persa József Szakovics István Szmodis Sándor Terplán Mihály Szever Vanecsai

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