  bacÄu (, , ) is the main city in bacÄu county, romania. at the 2011 census it had a population of 144,307, making it the 15th largest city in romania. the city is situated in the historical region of moldavia, at the foothills of the carpathian mountains, and on the bistriÈa river (which meets the siret river about  to the south of bacÄu). the ghimeÈ pass links bacÄu to the region of transylvania. ==etymology== the town's name, which features in old church slavonic documents as bako, bakova or bakovia, comes most probably from a personal name.rÄdvan 2010, p. 371. men bearing the name bakÃ³ or bako are documented in medieval transylvaniarÄdvan 2010, p. 456. and in 15th-century bulgaria, but the name itself is of turkicmost probably of cuman or pechenegorigin.spinei 200
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