Târgu Mureș

English

Etymology

From Romanian Târgu Mureș.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɜːrɡuː ˈmʊərɛʃ/

Proper noun

Târgu Mureș

1. A city in Mureș, Romania.

Translations

city in Romania

• German: Neumarkt am Mieresch m
• Hungarian: Marosvásárhely (hu), Székelyvásárhely
• Romanian: Târgu Mureș (ro)
• Ukrainian: Тиргу-Муреш (Tyrhu-Mureš)

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

Târgu Mureș

1. A city in Mureș, in north-central Romania in Transylvania.

Declension

declension of Târgu Mureș (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) Târgu Mureș	Târgu Mureșul
genitive/dative	(unui) Târgu Mureș	Târgu Mureșului
vocative	Târgu Mureșule