Въча

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic *Ѫча (*Ǫča), from *ǫkъ (“crooked, curved”) +‎ *-ja. [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɤt͡ʃɐ]

Proper noun

Въ́ча • (Vǎ́ča)

  1. a river in Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1963) “Южнославянските речни названия и тяхното значение за славянския топонимичен атлас”, in Славянска филология, том 111‎[1], Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, pages 192-204
  2. ^ Йордан Заимов (2012) “Въча”, in Български водопис: географско описание, строеж и произход на имената [Bulgarian hydrography: Geographical description, formation and origin of names] (in Bulgarian), volumes I: А— й, Veliko Tŭrnovo: Faber, page 249
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