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Hradiště (other)
Hradiště or Hradište (meaning " gord") may refer to places: Places Czech Republic * Hradiště (Benešov District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region *Hradiště (Domažlice District), a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region * Hradiště (Plzeň-South District), a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region * Hradiště (Rokycany District), a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region *Hradiště, a village and part of Blovice in the Plzeň Region *Hradiště, a village and part of Bžany (Teplice District) in the Ústí nad Labem Region *Hradiště, a village and part of České Lhotice in the Pardubice Region *Hradiště, a part of Cheb in the Karlovy Vary Region *Hradiště, a hamlet and part of Chlum (Česká Lípa District) in the Liberec Region *Hradiště, a village and part of Kaplice in the South Bohemian Region *Hradiště, a village and part of Klášterec nad Ohří in the Ústí nad Labem Region *Hradiště, a village and part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord (archaeology)
A gord is a medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, usually built on strategic sites such as hilltops, riverbanks, lake islets or peninsulas between the 6th and 12th centuries CE in Central and Eastern Europe. The typical gord usually consisted of a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall made of earth and wood, and a palisade running along the top of the bulwark. Etymology The term ultimately descends from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root '' ǵʰortós'', enclosure. The Proto-Slavic word ''*gordъ'' later differentiated into grad ( Cyrillic: град), gorod (Cyrillic: город), gród in Polish, gard in Kashubian, etc. It is the root of various words in modern Slavic languages pertaining to fences and fenced-in areas (Belarusian гарадзіць, Ukrainian horodyty, Czech ohradit, Russian ogradit, Serbo-Croatian ograditi, and Polish ogradzać, grodzić, to fence off). It also has evolved into words for a garden in certain languages. Additionally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
