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Bacău
Bacău, Romania A county and a town which, according to legend, was named after Bakó. He was a Hungarian outlaw from Calugara who was caught and condemned to death. At that time the condemned could escape death by agreeing to become executioners themselves. The Hungarian word for executioner or hangman is bakó. When he returned to Calugara, Bako opened a bar on a junction of trade routes on the River Bistriţa and from this the ‘Town of Bako’ evolved. A less fanciful explanation may be that the name is simply derived from the Romanian bac ‘ferry’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bacău." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bacău." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Bacu.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bacău." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Bacu.html |
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Bacău
Bacău , city (1990 pop. 197,1921), E Romania, in Moldavia, on the Bistriţa River. The administrative and industrial center of an oil-producing region, Bacău has a papermill, textile factories, and industries that manufacture military planes. Although probably settled in the 5th cent., Bacău did not become important until oil was discovered there in the 20th cent. It has a regional museum and ruins of a 15th-century princely court. |
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"Bacău." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bacău." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bacau.html "Bacău." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bacau.html |
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