Arieş River (Mureş)

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The Arieş (Template:Lang-hu) is a river in Transylvania, Romania that flows through the Alba and Cluj Counties.

The source of the river is in the Bihor Mountains, part of the Apuseni Mountains. The Arieş is formed near the village of Mihoieşti at the junction of two headwater: Arieşul Mare and Arieşul Mic. and its length is approximately 164 km. It flows into the Mureş near the village of Gura Arieşului (Székelykocsárd in Hungarian), which is close to the town of Luduş (Marosludas in Hungarian).

The towns of Câmpeni (Topánfalva in Hungarian), Baia de Arieş (Aranyosbánya in Hungarian), Turda (Torda in Hungarian), and Câmpia Turzii (Aranyosgyéres in Hungarian) lie on the river Arieş. The upper valley of the river, Ţara Moţilor, is a beautiful rustic region and an important mining region (Roşia Montană), rich in gold, silver and uranium.

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Hydronomy

The name in Dalmatian, which is very similar to Dacian, means "Gold River". The Romanian name, most probably derives from the Dacian name of the river. The Hungarian name, Aranyos, means "golden river", as well.

However a more common view, that the Romanian name (which means nothing in Romanian) derives from the Hungarian word "Aranyos".

In Romanian language the Hungarian letter "ny" becomes "i" very often. Enyed-Aiud, Belényes-Beius, Szekrényes-Sacries, Köröstárkány-Tarcaia

The name of the river was first mentioned in 1075 as "Aranas".

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