Mureș
English edit
Etymology edit
From Romanian Mureș. Doublet of Maros.
Proper noun edit
Mureș
- A river which runs through Romania, starting in the eastern Carpathians and joining the Tisza in Hungary, being about 761 km (473 mi) long.
- Synonym: Maros
- A county of Transylvania, Romania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.
Translations edit
river in Romania and Hungary
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
The river was known as Marisus in Latin during antiquity, and mentioned by Herodotus around 484 B.C. as Maris, possibly of Dacian origin. Is known as Maros in Hungarian and Mieresch in German.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mureș
- Mureș (river)
- A county of Mureș County, Romania
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See also edit
- (counties of Romania) județele României; Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, București, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea (Category: ro:Counties of Romania) [edit]