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Brașov (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the last Romanian census, from 2011, there were 253,200 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 7th most populous city in Romania, and the metropolitan area is home to 369,896 residents.〔 Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about north of Bucharest and from the Black Sea. It is surrounded by the Southern Carpathians and is part of the Transylvania region. The city is notable for being the birthplace of the national anthem of Romania and for hosting the Golden Stag International Music Festival. ==Etymology== The city was described in 1235 AD under the name Corona, a Latin word meaning "crown", a name given by the German colonists. According to Binder, the current Romanian and the Hungarian name ((:ˈbrɒʃːoː)) are derived from the Turkic word ''barasu'', meaning "white water" with a Slavic suffix ''-ov''.〔Alexandru Madgearu, ("Români şi pecenegi în sudul Transilvaniei" ), Editura Economică, 2005, ISBN 973-709-158-2〕 Other linguists proposed various etymologies including an Old Slavic anthroponym Brasa〔Draganu Nicolae "Români in veacurile IX—XIV pe baza toponimiei si a onomasticei” (The Romanians in the 9th - 14th Centuries According to Toponymy and Onomastics), Imprimeria Nationala, 1933, Bucuresti, p.560〕〔Austerlitz, Robert ""Brasov-Brasso'-Kronstadt-Berries and Bushes," in Xenia Slavica; Papers Presented to Gojko Ruzicic on the Occasion of his Seventy-Fifth Birthday, 2 February 1969, Rado Lencek and Boris O. Unbegaun, eds. (The Hague: Mouton, 1957),p.19〕 The first attested mention of Brașov is ''Terra Saxonum de Barasu'' ("Saxon Land of Baras") in a 1252 document. The German name ''Kronstadt'' means "Crown City" and is reflected in the city's coat of arms as well as in its Medieval Latin name, ''Corona''. The two names of the city, ''Kronstadt'' and ''Corona'', were used simultaneously in the Middle Ages, along with the Medieval Latin ''Brassovia'' . From 1950 to 1960, during part of the Communist period in Romania, the city was called ''Orașul Stalin'' (Stalin City), after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.〔(Brasov | Travel To Romania )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brașov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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