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Brașov

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Brașov

  • /braˈʃov/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic *Брашовъ (*Brašovŭ), from Брашо (Brašo) + -овъ (-ovŭ), diminutive from Братиславъ (Bratislavŭ). Compare the Hungarian name for the city, Hungarian Brassó, from the same source.

An alternative has been proposed from a Turkic barasu, meaning "white water" with a Slavic suffix -ov.

The city was known as Kronstadt ("Crown City") in the local Transylvanian Saxon (German) language, and Corona (“crown”) in Medieval Latin.

proper noun Brașov · Brașovul · Brașovului · Brașovule

  1. Brașov (the capital city of Brașov County in Transylvania, in central Romania)
  2. Brașov (a county in Transylvania, in central Romania)

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@misc{bras_ov_2026,
  title = {Brașov},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/bra%C8%99ov},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}