The name of "Zabola" means "bridle", i.e. the straps of leather that are put around the head of a

horse to allow the rider to control it.

In the course of various battles with the Tatars, the villages north and south of Zabola were

destroyed by the Tatars. However, the inhabitants of Zabola were capable of holding the Tatars in

check and survived, as if they had put bridles around the Tatars horses in order to control them and

their riders. Outside the village lies the "Tatárhalom" (Tatar Hill); some historians think the Tatars

that were killed in action were buried there.