Olt

From Romanian Olt.

Olt

1. A county of Romania.
2. A river in Romania.

• Piatra-Olt

• IPA^(key): [ˈolt]

Olt m anim (female equivalent Oltová)

1. a male surname

• “Olt”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈolt]
• Hyphenation: Olt

Olt

1. Olt (a river in Romania)
2. Olt (a county of Romania)

• olti

Uncertain. The name has been used since the ancient times, but the phonetic change a > o appears to indicate that the word reached Romanian through a Slavic intermediary (similar to the change from acetum to oțet). Direct inheritance from Latin would have yielded *Arută.

Ancient recorded variants include: Ancient Greek Aλoύτα (Aloúta) (Strabo), Ancient Greek Aλoύταζ (Aloútaz) (Ptolemaios), Latin Alutus (Tabula Peutingeriana).

• IPA^(key): /olt/

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Olt n (genitive and dative Oltului)

1. Olt (a river in Romania) (the longest flowing exclusively through it)
2. Olt (a county of Romania)

• Oltenia