Bistrița
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Romanian Bistrița, from Slavic (compare Slovak bystrica (“swift creek”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bistrița
- The capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
- 2013, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
- Bistrița lies in northern Transylvania on the Bistrița River, in a region of hills covered with orchards.
- (with the) A river in Romania; a tributary of the Siret.
- Synonyms: Bistrița Aurie, Bistrița River
- 1934 April, Henrietta Allen Holmes, “The Spell of Romania”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXV, number 4, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 436:
- One afternoon, while descending the eastern slopes of the Carpathians, following the northern Bistrița River, we came upon a tiny village of three or four houses, where a wedding was being celebrated.
- 1962, The Carpathians:
- Its white blocks of limestone suggest the ruins of a citadel guarding the narrow valley of the Bistrița. The landscapes here are of great beauty and the traveller can enjoy the comfort of the chalet near Pietrele Doamnei as well.
- 1990, Georgina Harding, In Another Europe: A Journey to Romania (Hodder & Stoughton), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:
- Over a pass the road ran down into Moldavia along the course of the Bistrița river.
- 2013, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
- Bistrița lies in northern Transylvania on the Bistrița River, in a region of hills covered with orchards.
Translations
city in Romania
river in Romania
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑстрица (bystrica), from бꙑстръ (bystrŭ, “quick”) + -ица (-ica), from Proto-Slavic *bystrъ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bistrița f