Kuratica (Macedonian: Куратица) or slang Kurajca (Macedonian: Курајца) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia.
The placename Kuratica is possibly an Aromanian toponym derived from the word curát meaning clear, fast, clean alongside the suffix ica.
[1] The village is located near a fast running mountain stream.
[1] According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 395 inhabitants lived in Kuratica, all Bulgarian Exarchists.
[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3] ~Avramoski Brothers~ Eftim Trenev Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Najde Janev Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Vidan Stevanovski Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Lambe Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] ~Father & Son~ (Not related to Avramoski Brothers) Cvetko Petrev Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Risto Cvetkov Avramoski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Sandre Dimov Koleski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Veljan Ivanov Georgievski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4] Risto Stepanov Andreski - Macedonian revolutionary from IMRO[4]