Târnava

{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Infobox river The Târnava (full name in Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a river in RomaniaTemplate:GeoSourceTemplate:GeoSource. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the Mureș after 23 kmTemplate:GeoSource<ref>2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook, p. 13</ref> near the town of Teiuș. The two source rivers of the Târnava are the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică, and its tributaries include the Tur, Izvorul Iezerului, Secaș, and the DunărițaTemplate:GeoSource. Its drainage basin covers an area of Template:ConvertTemplate:GeoSource.<ref name=IPCDR>Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007, IPCDR</ref>Template:Rp

Etymology

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} The name Târnava is of Slavic origin from trn,<ref>See Trnka, Trnava, etc.</ref> meaning "thorn".

Other proposed origins for the river's Romanian name is Turn (tower) + dav from Dacian dava (structure/fortress), i.e. "the river that flows amongst towers and davasTemplate:Citation needed"; or a reference to the Romanian city of Turda, forming Tur + ava from davaTemplate:Citation needed.

The Hungarian name Küküllő is of Old Turkic origin from kukel meaning sloe, and is thought to have originated from the Avar peopleTemplate:Citation needed.

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