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Where does “Timișoara” come from?

Timișoara (Romanian) comes from Hungarian Temesvár, from Hungarian Temes — river Timiș.

Ancestry of “Timișoara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianTemesvár—
2HungarianTemesriver Timiș

Words derived from “Timișoara”

  • Timișoara
  • timișorean
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