local albanian residents of šum derive the origin of their village's name as stemming from the albanian word "shumë" (meaning: a lot, much) from there being a lot of water due to the river. šum is also located nearby struga and in between there are remnants of a forest. in the macedonian language the word for forest is "шума/šuma". the albanian expression pronounced as "shumë" is according to pianka włodzimierz borrowed in this instance possibly from a local field name from a time when zagračani was a macedonian village, becoming the name of the village.