Tergeste.
A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste
Meaning & usage
A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste
Where this word comes from
Usually assumed to be connected with Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tìrgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Ultimately from an Illyrian substrate, derived from the hypothetical Illyrian *terg. Compare Albanian tregtar (“merchant”), Romanian târg (“market”).
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