Chrabrany

Chrabrany is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. Chrabrany (pronounced /’xrabranɪ/) is a small village situated on the right bank of the Nitra river, three kilometres south of Topolcany. In 2010, the village had a population of around 764. A settlement has existed on the area of the village since the Prehistoric era and later in the times of Great Moravia; however the first mention of the municipality in written texts dates from 1291. In this period the village was a part of county of Chrabor family, in 1687 of the Hungarian noble family Erdődy (also Erdödy, Erdődi). Etymology Chrabrany is derived from " chrabor, -a, -o, hist. chrabr, adj." meaning "courageous, brave, lionhearted“ (chrabrъ from...