etymological list of counties of romania
Table:
County name

Language of origin

Meaning

Alba

Romanian
(Latin)

Named after the city of Alba-Iulia ("The white city of Julius/(the) Gyula; also Gyulafehérvár, "White castle of (the) Gyula; also Bălgrad, "White city" in several Slavic languages), probably from the white colour of the city walls.

Arad

Hungarian

Named after the city of Arad, formerly Urod (11th century) after the name of a Hungarian knight, probably from the root ur meaning lord, meaning a place, which belongs to your (-od/today:ad) lord (úr).

Argeş

Dacian

Named after the Argeş River, in ancient times Argessos, probably meaning "shiny".

Bacău

Latin

Named after the city of Bacău, in ancient times known as Bacovia, meaning "the road of Bachus". The area was an important source of wine for the romans.

Bihor

Slavic

From vihor (whirlwind)

Bistriţa-Năsăud

Slavic and German

Named after Bistriţa (Slavic, "rapid"), a city and river and the city of Năsăud (German Nussdorf, "walnut tree village")

Botoşani

Romanian
(Mongolian)

Several possible origins: botoş (tick), botos (big-mouthed), botoşei (booties) and where Batu Khan split a part of his armies, invading what is now the northern Balkans, Hungary, Austria and Bohemia. "Batu", also pronounced "Botu", means "firm" in the Mongolian language.

Braşov

Uncertain, possibly Slavic

Possibly from baras, fortress.

Brăila

Turkish

Turkish origin from the proper name "Ibrail". Among the earlier names are Ibraila, Brilago, Uebereyl, Brailov.

Bucureşti

Romanian
(Dacian)

From Bucur, personal name meaning "joyful", cognate with Albanian bukur (beautiful), assumed to be of Thraco-Dacian origin.

Buzău

Greek

Greek origin from Μουσαίος (Mousaios), the original name of the city of Buzău.

Caraş-Severin

Turkish and Slavic

Named after the Caraş River (Turkish Kara, "dark, black") and Turnu Severin (Romanian, "Northern Tower": turn is borrowed from German Türm, "tower"; severin is an Slavic word meaning "Northern").

Călăraşi

Romanian
(Latin)

From călăraş, a military auxiliary corps of cavalry during the Middle Ages in Wallachia. The word derives out of Romanian călare (riding), itself from cal (horse), Romanian cognate of Latin caballus.

Cluj

German or Latin

From the first part of Cluj-Napoca, deriving either from German Klause, "Mountain pass" or Latin clusium, "enclosing", referring to the surrounding hills.

Constanţa

Latin

Named after Constanţa. The city, originally called Tomis, was renamed Constantiana by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine, in honor of his sister, Flavia Julia Constantia.

Covasna

Slavic

From cvaz, "sour", referring to the taste of the mineral waters in the area.

Dâmbovița

Slavic

Named after the Dâmbovița River, from Дъб, dămb, meaning "oak"[1]

Dolj

Slavic

From Dolu Jiu, the Jiu of the valley. The Jiu river flows through the county.

Galaţi

Cuman (Turkic)

From gala(t), borrowed to Turkish kala (fortress) (also, an unsourced speculation, ascribe the origin to a certain Galatian Celtic tribe)

Giurgiu

Unknown, possibly Italian

Possibly from Rossy vel Jargo, Jurcova or Zorio. (see external link). Possibly named after Giurgiu as the Genoese in the 14th century named it after San Giorgio, the patron of their city.

Gorj

Slavic

From Gora Jiu, "Jiu of the mountains". The Jiu river flows through the county.

Harghita

Uncertain

Possibly related to "Argeş" (Argessos), but the peculiar phonetic form indicates that there was an unknown intermediary language that was not Romanian, Hungarian or Slavic, possibly some form of Sarmatian or Scythian.

Ialomița

Slavic

Named after the Ialomița river, formerly known as Ialovnița, from Slavic jalov, "barren"[1]

Iaşi

Possibly Sarmatian

Named after the Sarmatian Iazygi which lived in the 1st century. However, this does not explain the existence of other localities called Iași throughout Romania.

Ilfov

Slavic

Named after the Ilfov River, from Slavic "Elhovo" meaning "Alder" (Alnus glutinosa).[1]

Maramureş

Dacian
(probably)

From mara, derived from mal, "shore", and mureș, "murky". [citation needed]

Mehedinţi

Romanian
(Latin)

From the town of Mehadia, possibly be derived from the ancient Latin name of the colony: Ad mediam ("in the middle"). Mehedinți might also come from Mehadianți, as -ianţiu/-ianţu is a common ending for family names in the area.

Mureş

Latin

Named after the Mureş river, in Latin Maris ("murky").

Neamţ

Romanian
(Slavic)

Named after Piatra Neamţ, neamț means "German" (from Slavic nemeti). The Teutons built a fortress there to protect the Bicaz Pass, which leads to Transylvania

Olt

Dacian

Named after the Olt river, known to the Dacians as Alutus (etymology unknown). The initial "o" could indicate a Slavic intermediary.

Prahova

Slavic

Named after the Prahova river. Prahova derives either from prag ("water cataract") or prah("dust").[1]

Satu Mare

Romanian
German[citation needed]

Named after the city of Satu Mare. Satu Mare means "Big village" in Romanian.

Sălaj

Hungarian

Named after the Sălaj River, from Hungarian Szilágy "elm creek", composed from szil, "elm" and ágy "riverbed".[2]

Sibiu

Slavic[citation needed] or possibly Latin

Slavic: from sviba, "horn". Latin: from Cibinum, the name of the town of Sibiu as mentioned in 1191 - ultimately derived from the name of the river Cibin that passes through the town, possibly of Latin origin

Suceava

Hungarian

From Szűcsvár, "Town of the skin-workers", from szűcs, "fourrier" and vár, "city".

Teleorman

Cuman (Turkic)

From deli orman "thick forest" (lit. "mad forest").

Timiş

Possibly Latin

After the Timiş River, known to the Romans as Tibisis or Tibiscus, of uncertain etymology.

Tulcea

Uncertain, possibly Tatar

Named after the city of Tulcea. Meaning unknown. -cea is a common Turkish ending. There is a town with a similar name (Tulchin) in Southern Ukraine, reinforcing the Tatar hypothesis.

Vaslui

Cuman (Turkic)

Named after the Vaslui River, which shows a typical Cuman ending for hydronyms: -ui, "water".

Vâlcea

Romanian/Slavic

Romanian for "little valley", from vale, "valley" (Latin vallis). Also possibly from vlk ("wolf"), the name of a Dark Age Slavic warlord mentioned in Hungarian chronicles.[3]

Vrancea

Slavic

Ultimately from vrana, "raven".

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