Heidendorf
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Heidendorf, from Heiden (“heathen”) + Dorf (“village”). It was originally referring to the Pecheneg heathens who settled in the village. The previous name in Romanian, Beșineu, also refers to their ethnicity in Hungarian.
Proper noun
[edit]Heidendorf m
- A village in Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania. Renamed to Viișoara in 1950.