Tâmpa River (Mures)
Encyclopedia
The Tâmpa River or Tâmpu River ( ) is a tributary of the Mureş River
in Romania
. Its name originates from the Hungarian
, "tompa" meaning "blunt", so its name means Blunt Creek.
Mures River
The Mureș is an approximately 761 km long river in Eastern Europe. It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, and joins the Tisza river at Szeged in southeastern Hungary....
in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. Its name originates from the Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, "tompa" meaning "blunt", so its name means Blunt Creek.