Cernavodă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian черна (černa, “black”) вода (voda, “water”), from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ + *voda, originally referring to the Carasu Valley (which has the same meaning, but in Turkish).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Cernavodă f

1. Cernavodă (a city in Dobruja, in eastern Constanța, Romania)