Cluj
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Romanian Cluj; see below for more.
Proper noun
[edit]Cluj
- (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
- A county of Romania
Translations
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cluj
- A county of Transylvania, Romania
- (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | Cluj | Clujul |
genitive-dative | Cluj | Clujului |
vocative | Clujule |
See also
[edit]- (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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