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Terchová

Terchová () is a large village and municipality (population 4,073) in the Malá Fatra mountains in the Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

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Slovak place.name: Terchová
Slovak place.settlement_type: Municipality
Slovak place.image_skyline: Slovakia Terchova 18.jpg
Slovak place.image_flag: Terchova-zilina-flag.svg
Slovak place.subdivision_type1: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name2: Žilina District
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Terchová in the Žilina Region##Location of Terchová in Slovakia
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.established_date: 1598
Slovak place.elevation_m: 560
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.postal_code: 130 6
Slovak place.area_code: +421 41
Slovak place.registration_plate: ZA

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Terchová () is a large village and municipality (population 4,073) in the Malá Fatra mountains in the Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

==Names and etymology== In the 16th century, the village was known as Kralowa alias Tyerchowa (1598). The name Kralowa means 'royal' in Slovak and refers to royal meadows. The name Tyerchowa comes from the Hungarian noun terhe 'burden', which was borrowed into Slovak before the 12th century as tärcha > ťarcha, and later also as tercha with the Slovak possessive suffix -ova. It refers to legal obligations of the citizens.