Etymological List of Counties of Romania - Historical Counties

Historical Counties

County name Language of origin Meaning
Bălţi Romanian "ponds"
Covurlui Cuman From kurgu, "dry" + suffix -ui, "water"
Cetatea Albă Romanian "White fortress"
Câmpulung Romanian
(Latin)
"long plain"
Odorhei Hungarian First part of Odorheiu Secuiesc, from Székelyudvarhely, "Market-town of the Székely"
Muscel Romanian
(Dacian?)
"hillock"
Soroca Slavic "magpie"
Vlașca Slavic (ultimately Germanic) "land of the Vlachs" (see Vlachs#Etymology)

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