Cluj
English
Proper noun
Cluj
- (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
- A county of Romania
Romanian
Alternative forms
- Cluș
Etymology
Compare the Hungarian name for the town, Hungarian Kolozsvár(cp. vár), and the German Klausenburg (cp. Burg). Alternative forms in older Romanian include Cluș.
May be derived from a Slavic diminutive of Nicholas, compare Czech Mikluš, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Alternately, may be derived from Latin clausa, clusa, from clausus or clusus through an intermediate; compare the medieval Latin name for the town, Castrum Clus. See also Proto-Slavic *kľũčь (“key”).
The official name of the city is Cluj-Napoca, with the name of the Roman settlement Napoca added in 1974, but this form is rarely used outside of official contexts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kluʒ/
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Proper noun
Cluj
- A county of Transylvania, Romania
- (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
Declension
See also
- (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]
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