English

Proper noun

Mureș

1. A river which runs through Romania, starting in the eastern Carpathians and joining the Tisza in Hungary, being about 761 km (473 mi) long.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

The river was known as Marisus in Latin during antiquity, and mentioned by Herodotus around 484 B.C. as Maris, possibly of Dacian origin. Is known as Maros in Hungarian and Mieresch in German.

Proper noun

Mureș

1. Mureș (river)
2. A county of Romania, Mureș County

Related terms

• Târgu Mureș