| |
Difino
| • | This is a list of the origins of the names of counties of Romania.
{| class="alebrije.info"|- align="left"! County name! Language of origin! Meaning|-| Alba| Romanian(Latin)| The city of Alba-Iulia ("The white city of Julius"; also Bălgrad, in Slavic - "White city"), probably from the white colour of the city walls|-| Arad| Hungarian| The city of Arad, named in the 11th century Urod after the name of a Hungarian knight, probably from the root ur meaning lord|-| Argeş| Dacian| Argeş River, named in ancient times Argessos, probably meaning "shiny"|-| Bacău| Hungarian?| possibly named after a local warlord called Bako, "-ău" ending is common in Romanian for placenames of Hungarian origin.|-| Bihor| Slavic| vihor (whirlwind)|-| Bistriţa-Năsăud| Slavic and German|
· the city and river Bistriţa - of Slavic origin (rapid)
Source: [wikipedia: etymological list of counties of romania]
|
alebrije.info
:
alebrijes
:
sites
:
advertising
:
link to us
:
contact
|
|