Colentina

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Kolęta (personal name) + *-ina (denominative suffix).

Folk etymology ascribes it as being derived from "colea-n-tină" ("there, in the mud"), as this was allegedly the answer of a spătar to Matei Basarab, who asked the former where he had defeated the Ottoman army.

Proper noun

Colentina

1. Colentina (a river in Romania)
2. Colentina (a commune of Ilfov, Romania)
3. Colentina (a neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania)