KRK

ozna~uje suhu granu ili slamku tj. op}enito biljku,
smatra akademik Petar Str~i}.
Bizantinci su otok i grad zvali Vecla (Becla), a
Mle~ani Veggia i Veglia.
[to zna~i ime Krk, Kurikta i Kurikum, te Kurikon i
Kirijatika, to pouzdano ne znamo, osim {to naziv u
svom korijenu ima KAR – IKT {to na ilirskom zna~i
“otok od kamena” ili “kameni otok”. Zna~enje rije~i
Vecla obja{njava akademik Branko Fu~i}: “U starom
vulgarnolatinskom, kr~kom romanskom jeziku bio je
to pridjev `enskoga roda koji zna~i “stara”, to jest
“civitas vecla”, “stari grad”.
Kasnije je, pod mleta~kom upravom, od “Vekle”
stvoren prema mleta~kom dijalektu naziv “Veglia” –
Veja.
U rije~ VEGLIA upiljili su pogled i u~eni ljudi u vrijeme
humanizma i renesanse. Oni su, zahvaljuju}i
svomu {kolovanju i odgoju, zaklju~ili kako ime ovako
va`noga grada mora biti latinsko i mora imati neko
uzvi{enije, znakovitije i sadr`ajnije zna~enje.
Pa {to bi u latinskom jeziku mogla biti VEGLIA?
Kona~no se jedan u~eni um dosjetio: “Veglia, to je VIG-
ILIA”. A vigilia je bdjenje, budnost. Tu smo, dakle!
Kr~ani su budni pa budno paze na svaki pokret neprijatelja,
naravno, neprijatelja presjajne Republike
Venecije.
Ako je Krk – Veglia – vigilia – bdjenje, budnost,
onda je onaj tko ustrajno bdije }uk, koji je i no}u
budan. Tako je }uk jo{ za mleta~ke vladavine uletio u
kr~ki gradski grb, a Kr~ani su dobili nadimak “]uki”
kako ih zovu Cresani, Lo{injani i Rabljani “. Po
nadimku “]uki” i }uku iz kr~kog grba stari kr~ki
dijalekt neolatinskog, romanskog govora – veljotski,
koji se u gradu Krku govorio do sredine 19. stolje}a,
nazivao se je }uski (Chiuscki).
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the Venetians. The meaning of the names Krk, Curicta
and Curicum, as well as Curicon and Chiriatika is not
known with certainty, except the fact that the root of
the name contains “car” and “ict” which in the Illyrian
language means “island made of stone” or “stone
island.” The meaning of the word Vecla is explained by
Academician Branko Fu~i}: “In the old vulgar Latin,
the Romance language of Krk, this was a feminine
adjective meaning ’old,’ as in ’civitas vecla’ – ’old
town.’ Later, under Venetian administration the name
of ’Veglia’ – Veja was derived from ’Vekla,’ based on
the Venetian dialect.”
Learned men also focused their attention on the
word “VEGLIA” during Humanism and the Renaissance.
Thanks to their schooling and education, they
concluded that the name of such an important town
must be in Latin and must have a more elevated, significant
and substantial meaning.
So, what could VEGLIA mean in Latin? A learned
mind finally figured it out: “Veglia is VIGILIA.” And
“vigilia” is vigil, vigilance. There it is! The Krk residents
are vigilant, carefully watching over every move
of the enemy, who, of course, is the enemy of the
Republic of Venice.
If Krk – Veglia – vigilia is vigil, vigilance then the
one who persistently keeps vigil is a little owl which
remains awake even during the night. Thus has the
little owl flown into the Krk municipal coat-of-arms
during the Venetian rule, and its residents were nicknamed
“]uki” [owls] as they are called by the residents
of Cres, Lo{inj and Rab. After the nickname of
“]uki” and the little owl in the Krk coat-of-arms, the
old Krk dialect of the neo-Latin Romance language,
the Vegliotic, spoken in the town of Krk until the mid-
19 th century, was also called Chiuscki.