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The name Pohanka originated in the village of Slovkovice which is located in Moravia, Czech Republic. In this village is found the Pohanka farm. When the surfs were freed, they would take on the name of the village where the lived or the farm they worked in.

Pohanka means 'buckwheat' in Czech. The name is from the buckwheat (Pohanka) farm. The farm buildings still exist in Slovkovice, and is occupied by a Pohanka, it is several hundred years old. I visited this place in the Spring 2010, and I am one of the Pohankas.

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