Narok, Opole Voivodeship

For the town in Kenya, see Narok.

Narok [ˈnarɔk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1]

Narok
Village
Palace in Narok
Narok
Coordinates: 50°44′36″N 17°47′27″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole Voivodeship
County	Opole County
Gmina	Dąbrowa
Population	300
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	OPO
Voivodeship roads

It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Dąbrowa and 14 km (9 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word nur, which means "loon".^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 60.