Contemporary language. [Database] - Sintana de Mures

[Michael Erwin]

Or (Latin) *Sancta Anna Marisiae? Gothic *[Sankta] Anna Marisjos?

Awiliuda.

On Apr 17, 2007, at 8:05 AM, Francisc Czobor wrote:
> Sîntana (in the new Romanian ortography: Sântana) is a contraction of
> Sânta Ana, meaning "holy Anne" (Latin: Sancta Anna).Þ
> "de" is the same as Latin "de"
> Mures is a river name in Transylvania (in Hungarian: Maros, in German:
> Mieresch). In ancient sources it appears as Maris or Moris. Iordanes
> (Getica XXII) calls it Marisia.
> Thus, Sîntana de Mures corresponds to a Latin *Sancta Anna de Maris(-
> ia).


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