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Prahova

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English

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Etymology

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From Romanian Prahova.

Proper noun

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Prahova

  1. A river in Romania.
    Synonym: Prahova River
    • 1989, Radu R. Florescu, Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of Many Faces[1], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120:
      Advancing along the valley of the Prahova River, he delivered his first blows in the vicinity of Braşov, where he burned villages, forts, and towns, burned the crops to deprive the population of food, and killed men, women, and children as he progressed.
    • 1990, Lydle Brinkle, Hippocrene Companion Guide to Romania[2], New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66:
      Braşov lies 106 miles north of Bucharest via Highway 1, which generally parallels the Prahova River north of the capital, following it as it flows off the slopes of the Carpathians.
    • 2013, Lucy Mallows, Rudolf Abraham, Transylvania (Bradt Travel Guide)‎[3], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137:
      Geographically, the Prahova River separates the Eastern Carpathians from the Southern range and, historically, the valley was an important passageway between the principalities of Wallachia and Transylvania.
  2. A county in southern Romania.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprɒɦovɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Pra‧ho‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Proper noun

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Prahova

  1. Prahova (a county of Romania)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Prahova
accusative Prahovát
dative Prahovának
instrumental Prahovával
causal-final Prahováért
translative Prahovává
terminative Prahováig
essive-formal Prahovaként
essive-modal
inessive Prahovában
superessive Prahován
adessive Prahovánál
illative Prahovába
sublative Prahovára
allative Prahovához
elative Prahovából
delative Prahováról
ablative Prahovától
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Prahováé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Prahováéi
Possessive forms of Prahova
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Prahovám
2nd person sing. Prahovád
3rd person sing. Prahovája
1st person plural Prahovánk
2nd person plural Prahovátok
3rd person plural Prahovájuk

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Romanian

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Localizarea județului Prahova în România

Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic *прахова (*praxova), from прахъ (praxŭ, dust) +‎ -ова (-ova, feminine possessive suffix). The county name is derived from the river.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprahova/
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Proper noun

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Prahova

  1. Prahova (a river in Romania)
  2. Prahova (a county in southern Romania)

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