Hrochoť () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

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of the

Banská Bystrica District Banská Bystrica District () is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. Until 1918, the area belonged to the county of Zvolen within the Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that ...

in the

Banská Bystrica Region The Banská Bystrica Region (, ; , ) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest of the eight regions by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica Region was established in 1923; its bord ...

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

Etymology

The etymology is not completely clear. Slovak (dialect) ''hrochotať'' - to make a noise, ''hrochoť'' - a sharp noise sound (i.e. compare with

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

грохотать).

Rudolf Krajčovič Rudolf Krajčovič (22 July 1927 in Trakovice – † 29 October 2014) was a Slovak linguist and Slavist, the author of migration-integration theory about the origin of the Slovak language. Life He studied Slovak and philosophy at the Comenius ...

associates the name with pastoralism and the sound of the whip. There are also other meanings of the word.

Economy

It is one of the touristic startpoints to

Poľana Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains within the Western Carpathians Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano A stratovolcano, a ...

region. The village mostly preserves its architecture from the beginning of the 20th century, consisting of typical wooden houses. Many people work in the neighboring

Zvolen Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the ...

References

External links

*http://www.tourist-channel.sk/hrochot/ *http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/hrochot/hrochot.html Villages and municipalities in Banská Bystrica District {{BanskáBystrica-geo-stub