Târgu Mureș
English
Etymology
From Romanian Târgu Mureș.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtɜːrɡuː ˈmʊərɛʃ/
Proper noun
Târgu Mureș
Translations
city in Romania
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Romanian
Etymology
târgu(l) (“market”) + Mureș, or "market(place) on the Mureș river". Known as Marosvásárhely in Hungarian, with the same meaning, named so in the early 17th century. Also known as Neumarkt am Mieresch in German (local Transylvanian Saxon Nai Mark or Nai Muark), and documented in Medieval Latin as Novum Forum Siculorum, from the name of the Székely people.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ/
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Proper noun
- a city in Mureș County, in north-central Romania in Transylvania
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | Târgu Mureș | Târgu Mureșul |
| genitive-dative | Târgu Mureș | Târgu Mureșului |
| vocative | Târgu Mureșule | |