Lăpuș

See also: lapus and lăpuș

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lăpuș.

Proper noun

Lăpuș

  1. A village and commune of Maramureș County, Romania.

Romanian

Etymology

Either from Hungarian Lápos, from lápos (“swampy”), from láp (“moor”), or from Proto-Indo-European, similar to Proto-Balto-Slavic *lápas (“leaf”), Lithuanian lãpas (“leaf”), Latvian lapa (“leaf, sheet of paper”). Romanian has a number of plants that are named lăpuș, including Telekia speciosa - lăpuș-de-oaie, burdock - lăpuș-de-iepure, that are also found in Aromanian, Albanian, and Megleno-Romanian where they could not be derived from Hungarian.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lăpuș m

  1. a commune of Maramureș County, Romania
  2. a village in Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania
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