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Iași
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Iasi -iasi
English
Etymology
en ro Iași.
Proper noun
en @alt spell:Iasi city/and/county c/Romania.
Romanian
ro:
ro:Județul +
thumb|ro Localizarea județului Iași în România
Alternative forms
ro Iașii obsolete
Etymology
ro.
Most likely from either the ancient Iazyges, the Roman name of an ancient Sarmatian tribe that once lived in the area, or from a tribe of Alans known as the Jassi prevalent throughout the Carpathian space (confer Jászság in Hungary and related toponyms).
Other proposals include from ro qwm yaasi archers, from qwm yaa bow, from ro trk-pro *yā(y) bow.
Pronunciation
ro /jaʃʲ/
ro Ro-Iași.ogg
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Iași.wav
Proper noun
m-p m
ro caplc county/Iași r/Moldavia in northeastern c/Romania Iasi
ro county c/Romania
See also