Mureș

From Romanian Mureș. Doublet of Maros.

Mureș

1. A river which runs through Romania, starting in the eastern Carpathians and joining the Tisza in Hungary, being about 761 km (473 mi) long.

   Synonym: Maros

2. A county of Transylvania, Romania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.

• Esrum, Muser, Remus, Sumer, merus, murse, muser, resum, semur, serum

The river was known as Marisus in Latin during antiquity, and mentioned by Herodotus around 484 B.C. as Maris, possibly of Dacian origin. Is known as Maros in Hungarian and Mieresch in German.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmureʃ/

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Mureș

1. Mureș (river)
2. A county of Mureș County, Romania

• Târgu Mureș

• (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]}