Bokrači
Place in Prekmurje, Slovenia
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Bokrači (pronounced [ˈboːkɾatʃi]; in older sources and locally Bokreči,[2][3] Hungarian: Bokrács[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[4] It is divided into Spodnji Bokrači (or Spodnja Ves, Slovene: Spodnja ves) with the Fartel, Mlinar, Vukon, and Žagar farms, Zgornji Bokrači (or Zgornja Ves, Slovene: Zgornja ves) with the hamlets of Talaberov Breg and Žgonjarov Breg, and the hamlets of Duge Gomile and Malačičevi.[5]
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Bokreči | |
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  Bokrači Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′55″N 16°11′45.37″E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Prekmurje |
| Statistical region | Mura |
| Municipality | Puconci |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267.9 m (879 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 70 |
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Name
Bokrači was attested in written sources in 1355 as Volkarach (and as Bolrah in 1359 and Wolcrach in 1370). The medieval transcriptions indicate that the name is derived from *Bolkrači, presumably a plural form of the personal name *Bolkrač, which is believed to be a hypocorism of a German name with the root *folc- (from which the German name Volker and Slovene name Volkar are derived). The name would thus refer to an early inhabitant of the place. A less likely possibility is that the name is derived from the Slavic hypocorism *Vьlkoračь.[6] Locally, the village is known as Bokreči.[5]
