Prahova

From Romanian Prahova.

Prahova

1. A river in Romania.

   Synonym: Prahova River

   • 1989, Radu R. Florescu; Raymond T. McNally, Dracula: Prince of Many Faces‎, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, LCCN 89-8164, OCLC 925224488, 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, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, OCLC 873609062, 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)‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, OCLC 857985251, 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.

• Prahova Valley
• Prahovean

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

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Prahova

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

• prahovean