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Grivița

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Grivița.

Proper noun

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Grivița

  1. A village in Cordăreni, Botoșani County, Romania.
  2. A commune of Galați County, Romania.
  3. A village in Grivița, Galați County, Romania.
  4. A commune of Ialomița County, Romania.
  5. A village in Grivița, Ialomița County, Romania.
  6. A commune of Vaslui County, Romania.
  7. A village in Grivița, Vaslui County, Romania.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Named after the battle during the Siege of Plevna of the Romanian War of Independence.

Borrowed from Bulgarian Гривица (Grivica), from гривяк (grivjak, “wood pigeon”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Grivița f

  1. A village in Cordăreni, Botoșani County, Romania
  2. A commune of Galați County, Romania
  3. A village in Grivița, Galați County, Romania
  4. A commune of Ialomița County, Romania
  5. A village in Grivița, Ialomița County, Romania
  6. A commune of Vaslui County, Romania
  7. A village in Grivița, Vaslui County, Romania
  8. A neighbourhood of Bucharest, Romania
  9. A lake in Bucharest, Romania
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