Šukačka (German: ''Schukatschen'') is a hamlet in
Čachrov
Čachrov () is a market town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Čachrov consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Ča ...
in
Klatovy District
Klatovy District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Klatovy. With an area of , it is the largest district in the country.
Administrative division
Klatovy District is divided into three Di ...
in the
Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plz ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. As of 2021, one family lived there.
Name
The settlement is known for its
unusual name, which is
slang
A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing and speech. It also often refers to the language exclusively used by the members of pa ...
for '
fucking' in Czech. Theories about the etymology include from the German word ''Schukhater'', which means something like "cat in boots", or the Serbian word ''šuka'', meaning '
goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...
', and which would refer to goats that were herded there.
See also
*
Fugging, Upper Austria
References
Populated places in Klatovy District
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