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The name comes from an old Prague Slavic roots, Prague, which means "Ford", referring to the origin of the city at the crossroads of the river Vltava. This root is found in other toponyms in the region. For example along the river two districts of Warsaw Praga also bear the name.

The indigenous name of the city, Prague, is also related to the modern Czech word Prah, which means "threshold": A legendary etymology connects the name of the city with Libuše, a prophetess and wife of the mythical founder of the Přemyslid. She would have ordered "to build the city where a man hews a threshold of his house." Czech "Prah", the "threshold", here is understood as being in the river, rapids or cataracts: the border as a gateway to the other bank of the River.

In contrast, although a number of dams present, was not detected such geological barrier in the river below Prague Castle. Thus some derive the name "Phaha" the stone of the hill, where the original castle was built: "na Praze", the original term for shale rock. In those days there were woods around the castle, on the nine hills of the future city: the old city on the other bank of the river as the Lesser Town below the castle, it later. The name "Praha" was originally linked to the Castle.