Seretsüvä is a
village
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in
Setomaa Parish
Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km².
Settlements
There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 vil ...
,
Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...
in
Estonia
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.
Name
Seretsüvä was attested in written sources as Жеребцово (''Zherebtsovo'') in 1585–1587, Жеребцова (''Zherebtsova'') in 1866, ''Seretsova'' in 1875, ''Tseretsova'' in 1904, ''Sereptsevo'' in 1922, ''Serebtsova'' in 1923, ''Seretsuva'' in 1937, and ''Seretsyvä'' in 1997. The name of the village may be derived from the Russian word жеребец (''zherebets'') 'stallion' or жеребёнок (''zherebyonok'') 'foal'.
References
Villages in Võru County
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