Nevetlenfolu (, , ) is a village in

Berehove Raion Berehove Raion (; ) is a raions of Ukraine, raion (district) in Zakarpattia Oblast, in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The administrative center is Berehove. For many centuries the territory of the district was part of Bereg County. Population: ...

(

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; until 2020, Vynohradiv Raion) in

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as one of its

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. Its name in Hungarian language literally means "no-name village". Earlier it was known as Gyakfalva, however it was changed in the 17th century because the first part of the name "gyak" meant sexual intercourse (in Hungarian) and was considered offensive (note, in Slavic languages " dyak" means a secretary/clerk; its Hungarian cognates are the obsolete ''deák'', with the same meaning, and contemporary ''diák'', meaning "student" – all of these from Greek ''διάκονος''). After 1619 the village is mentioned as Nevetlenfalu in the records. After 1920, the village became part of

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, however in 1938 it was returned to

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by the

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, along with the southern part of

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. Following the

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in 1945 Nevetlenfolu became part of the Soviet Union as part of the "unification" of "Zakarpattia Ukraine" and after its breakup it belongs to Ukraine. In 1945–2000 it carried official name of Diakove. In 2000 the village was officially renamed adopting Ukrainian adaptation of Hungarian name, yet some local state institutions continue to carry name of "Diakove" such as local border checkpoint, train station, others. The population of the village in 2001 was over 86% Hungarian-speaking.

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{{Zakarpattia-geo-stub Villages in Berehove Raion