TRANSYLVANINAN (DACIA)CITIES=(OLD HUNGARY CITIES 1000-1914)
Braşov(Brassó
(old hungarian city!)
Sibiu(Sebes)
Târgu Mureş(Marosvásárhely)
Cluj Napoca(Kolozsvár)
Oradea(Nagyvárad)
Satu Mare(Szatmárnémeti)
Arad(Arad)
Timişoara(Temesvár)
Siria(Világos)
...etc...
Sadly, that's what nationalistic propaganda does to you. The brainwashing activities of the nationalistic Hungarian are much more successful than I would have thought.
First of all, this is NOT related to the topic at all.
Third, this has absolutely no relevance. Budapest was founded by the Romans, and its name is Aquincum.
And second, you're so totally wrong!
Braşov was founded by the
Saxons, not Hungarians. The first name used for it was Kronstadt, as it was the "City of the Crown" (Kron - Crown; Stadt - City).
Sibiu ALSO was founded by the Saxons, started as a fortress. Its real name is Hermannstadt, and not Sebes, nor Sibiu.
Targu Mures was just a meeting point between 3 of the most important roads of the area, and was documented in 1332 as "Targu den Mures", which is clearly not a Hungarian name. The only connection it has with the Hungarians is that King of Hungary Sigismund of Luxembourg gave it the right of hosting some fairs, because of its strategic position. He also brought Szekely people to that area, building them a "culture center" to counter the majority of the population, uneducated Romanians. That's exactly why its latinized name is "Novum Forum Siculorum". The Newly-Built Forum of the Szekely.
Cluj was a town built on a Roman city, Napoca, which started as a Legion camp in 107 AD. The first mention of Cluj is "Thomas comes Clusiensis" which is a LATIN name, of course pointing to its Romance origin. It's name comes from Latin "Clus", meaning "closed", because of being separated from the plains by the hills surrounding it.
Oradea was founded by the Hungarian settlers in the 10th century AD. However, it was totally destroyed in the Mongol Invasion, and rebuilt. By who? Guess.
Satu Mare is the most CLEARLY Romanian from those you stated. A fortress by the name of Sotmar was mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as being in the lands ruled by Menumorut, one of the most known early king of the "Eastern Romans" (Romanians), in the early 10th century. According to the chronicle, the fortress was taken by the Magyars after three days of fighting. In 1006 Germans were settled around the fortress by the Hungarian queen Gizella. Later, more Germans settled in the town of Mintin, across the Someş river. Even
Gesta Hungarorum mentions it was TAKEN by the Magyars, I don't know how you could even pretend that it's not Romanian. And its name, Satu Mare means literally "The Big Village", Sotmar being clearly a Hungarian version of this name.
Arad was founded as a fortress against the Mongols. It became a city when the people continued their life there. Considering that Transylvania was more than 75% Romanian and there is no mention of the ethnic composition of the area, there is absolutely no reason to believe it is Hungarian.
Timisoara is a Roman city, originally called Zambara or Zurobara (uncertain). The city's current name is derived from the name Dibiscus/Timbisco, which is also a name of Latin origin, again pointing to the Romanians, not the Hungarians.
And I've never heard of Siria before.
Be careful with just throwing statements around, some people might actually know what they're talking about!
