Heidendorf
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Heidendorf, from Heiden (“heathen”) + Dorf (“village”). It was originally referring to the Pecheneg heathens who settled in the village. The previous name in Romanian, Beșineu, also refers to their ethnicity in Hungarian.
Proper noun[edit]
Heidendorf m
- A village in Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania. Renamed to Viișoara in 1950.