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Romanian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *Kolęta (personal name) + *-ina (denominative suffix).
Folk etymology ascribes it as being derived from "colea-n-tină" ("there, in the mud"), as this was allegedly the answer of a spătar to Matei Basarab, who asked the former where he had defeated the Ottoman army.
Proper noun
Colentina
- Colentina (a river in Romania)
- Colentina (a commune of Ilfov, Romania)
- Colentina (a neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania)