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cioară¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃo̯a.rə/

Where it comes from

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin term of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Aromanian cioarã, tsoarã. A less likely explanation is that the word cioară is etymologically related to Albanian sorrë via a Dacian ancestor. Also seemingly related to several Italo-Romance dialect cognates, compare Friulian çore, Calabrian ciola, Neapolitan ciàula, Sicilian ciaula and Tarantino ciola.

noun ciori · cioară · cioara · ciorile

  1. feminine crow
  2. derogatory, ethnic, feminine, slang, slur slur for a dark-skinned person, especially a Roma/Gypsy. Less usual, a slur for a black person

    Similar: țigan, negru

Cioară²

Where it comes from

From cioară.

proper noun lui Cioară

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • crow any bird of the genus Corvus
  • nigger black person (derogatory)
  • Gypsy a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group

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"cioară." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cioar%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cioară. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cioar%C4%83

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"cioară." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cioar%C4%83.

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@misc{cioara_2026,
  title = {cioară},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cioar%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}