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Fucking (, rhymes with "''booking''"〔) is an Austrian village〔(Tarsdorf Official map )〕 in the municipality of Tarsdorf,〔(Official governmental Homepage of Tarsdorf Municipality )〕 in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is north of Salzburg, east of the German border. Despite having a population of only 104 in 2005, the village has become famous for its name in the English-speaking world. Fucking has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and they were often stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists until 2005, when the signs were modified to be theft-resistant. ==Etymology== It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century by ''Focko'', a Bavarian nobleman. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070, and historical records show that some twenty years later, the lord was Adalpertus de Fucingin. The spelling of the name has evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources with the spelling as ''Vucchingen'' in 1070, ''Fukching'' in 1303, ''Fugkhing'' in 1532, and in the modern spelling ''Fucking'' in the 18th century, which is pronounced with the vowel ''oo'' as in ''book''.〔 The ending ''-ing'' is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus ''Fucking'' means "(place of) Focko's people."〔("Brits steal carloads of F * *king Austrian roadsigns" ), ''The Register'', 15 August 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fucking, Austria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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