Cluj

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Cluj; see below for more.

Proper noun

Cluj

1. (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania
2. A county of Romania

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: Клуж m (Kluž)
• Hungarian: Kolozs (hu)
• Romanian: Cluj m

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Cluș

Etymology

Compare the Hungarian name for the town, Hungarian Kolozsvár (cp.vár), and the German Klausenburg (cp. Burg). Alternative forms in older Romanian include Cluș.

May be derived from a Slavic diminutive of Nicholas, compare Czech Mikluš, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluʒ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Cluj

1. A county of Transylvania, Romania
2. (informal or historical) Cluj-Napoca, a capital city of Cluj County, Romania

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Cluj	Clujul
genitive-dative	Cluj	Clujului
vocative	Clujule

See also

• (counties of Romania) județele României; Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, București, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea ^{(Category: ro:Counties of Romania) [edit]}