Cluj-Napoca

English

Etymology

From Romanian Cluj-Napoca, from Cluj, with the name of the Roman settlement Napoca added in 1974.

Proper noun

Cluj-Napoca

1. (formal) Cluj (a city in Cluj, Romania).

Usage notes

• This form is rarely used outside of official contexts, Cluj being ubiquitous in common parlance.

Translations

city in Romania

• Czech: Kluž (cs) f
• Dutch: Cluj-Napoca n
• French: Cluj-Napoca (fr) f, Cluj (fr) f, Clausembourg (fr) m (historical), Clausenbourg m (historical)
• German: Klausenburg n, Cluj-Napoca n, Clausenburg n
• Hungarian: Kolozsvár (hu)
• Italian: Cluj-Napoca, Clausemburgo m (historical)
• Japanese: クルジュ＝ナポカ (Kuruju-Napoka)
• Latin: Claudiopolis f (Medieval Latin), Claudianopolis f (Medieval Latin), Napoca f (ancient), Castrum Clus (Medieval Latin)
• Polish: Kluż-Napoka (pl) m or f
• Romanian: Cluj, Cluj-Napoca (ro) f, Cluș
• Russian: Клуж-Напо́ка m or f (Kluž-Napóka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Клуж-Напока m

  Roman: Kluž-Napoka m, Cluj-Napoca m

• Slovak: Kluž m
• Turkish: Kaloşvar
• Yiddish: קלויזנבורג (kloyznburg)

Romanian

Etymology

From Cluj + Napoca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluʒ naˈpoka/

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Proper noun

Cluj-Napoca f

1. (formal) A city in Cluj, Romania