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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish Mamayköy (“Mamay village”), from Crimean Tatar Mamay. The exact etymology of "Mamay" is uncertain; historian Nicolae Iorga associated it with Mamai, the commander of the Golden Horde in the 1370s, whereas local folk etymology connects it with Tatar май (may, “butter”).
Proper noun
Mamaia f
- A neighborhood of Constanța, Romania
- A lake in Romania