Cluj
English
Romanian
Alternative forms
- Cluș
Etymology
Compare the Hungarian name for the town, Hungarian Kolozsvár(cp. vár), and the German Klausenburg (cp. Burg). Alternate forms in older Romanian include Cluș.
May be derived from a Slavic diminutive of Nicholas, compare Czech Mikluš, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Alternately, may be derived from Latin clausa, clusa, from clausus or clusus through an intermediate; compare the medieval Latin name for the town, Castrum Clus. See also Proto-Slavic *kľũčь (“key”).
The official name of the city is Cluj-Napoca, with the name of the Roman settlement Napoca added in 1974, but this form is rarely used outside of official contexts.
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Cluj
- A county of Transylvania, Romania
- (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
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