Grivița

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Grivița.

Proper noun

Grivița

  1. A village in Cordăreni, Botoșani County, Romania.
  2. A commune of Galați County, Romania.
  3. A village in Grivița, Galați County, Romania.
  4. A commune of Ialomița County, Romania.
  5. A village in Grivița, Ialomița County, Romania.
  6. A commune of Vaslui County, Romania.
  7. A village in Grivița, Vaslui County, Romania.

Romanian

Etymology

Named after the battle during the Siege of Plevna of the Romanian War of Independence.

Borrowed from Bulgarian Гривица (Grivica), from гривяк (grivjak, “wood pigeon”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Grivița f

  1. a village in Cordăreni, Botoșani County, Romania
  2. a commune of Galați County, Romania
  3. a village in Grivița, Galați County, Romania
  4. a commune of Ialomița County, Romania
  5. a village in Grivița, Ialomița County, Romania
  6. a commune of Vaslui County, Romania
  7. a village in Grivița, Vaslui County, Romania
  8. a neighbourhood of Bucharest, Romania
  9. a lake in Bucharest, Romania
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