#villages

• Agrij — The name of a commune and its residential village in Sălaj County, Transylvanian region, Romania. Additionally, the term denotes the Agrij River, a watercourse of local importance and a left tributary of the Someș River, flowing through the Almaș-Agrij Depression and giving structural identity to the surrounding geographical valley.
• Clearing — A place located in an open or bright area within a forest, meadow, or hill, characterized by limestone soil or light shades of vegetation; a toponymic variant frequently used to name villages, brooks, or rural pastures in the Carpathian area.
• Amandea (plant) — A rare popular or regional name attributed to a herbaceous plant from the local spontaneous flora or a shrub variety whose leaves or fruits vaguely resemble the shape and structure of the almond tree. The term belongs lexically to rural botanical onomastics and is used especially in traditional communities.
• Antelești — The name of rural localities or microtoponyms within the Romanian geographical space, formed from an old patronymic by applying the collective suffix '-ești'. This toponym historically indicates the hearth of a group of households founded by the descendants or heirs of a common ancestor named Antel or Ante.
• Antilești — A rare toponymic name designating a small rural settlement, a hamlet, or a micro-toponym (place name) located within the territory of Romania, historically based on a family surname or a community nickname; structurally, it denotes a village hearth formed around the descendants of a common ancestor. The name is closely linked to traditional rural social organization.
• Antonești — The name of several rural localities and geographical settlements within the Romanian area (located in counties from Romania such as Vâlcea or in districts of the Republic of Moldova), a designation historically formed through collective derivation from the name of a founder or estate owner named Anton or Antonescu. In a geographical and administrative sense, it represents a stable territorial unit, historically populated by structurally related families, whose name preserves the traditional Romanian pattern of group toponym formation.
• Apele Vii — The name of a commune and its residential village located in Dolj County, in the Oltenia region of Romania. Etymologically and folklorically, the toponym refers to the presence of clean, rich, and continuously flowing water springs that feed the fertile soil of the area and sustain local agricultural communities.
• Arabești — The name of rural localities or hamlets on the territory of Romania (such as Arabești village in Vrancea county); it represents toponyms of old tradition, structurally linked in the past to the names of land owners, historical land grants, or collective nicknames within local communities.
• Ardănești — A local toponym or archaic name historically borne by an estate, a vanished hamlet, or a rural micro-region within Romanian territories, structurally associated with settlements founded by the descendants of a local leader named Ardan. In a geographical and documentary sense, it reflects the classic formation pattern of Romanian village names by adding the collective patronymic suffix '-ești' to a base name, indicating ancestral ownership over the lands.
• Aref — An archaic toponymic form or onomastic element structurally linked to the territory of the Arefu commune in Argeș County, Romania, occasionally utilized in ancient administrative documents or vintage maps to designate this historical mountain settlement. The village and its surroundings are famous in folklore for legends regarding landowners loyal to prince Vlad the Impaler.
• Arsanca — A native geographical name designating secondary watercourses or rural localities within the territory of Romania, such as the Arsanca village in Mușătești commune, Argeș county. Etymologically, the toponym is closely linked to the lexical root of the verb 'a arde' (to burn, past participle 'ars'), historically associated with archaic practices of clearing land through fire or areas historically affected by vegetation fires.
• Arsinești — A native rural toponym designating a geographical settlement or a micro-region within the Romanian territory, possessing a strong historical resonance linked to founding families or areas historically cleared by fire. Linguistically, the name is a patronymic derivative formed on the lexical root 'Arsin' (derived from the past participle 'ars' or the first name Arsinte/Arsenie) and the plural collective suffix '-ești', characteristic of traditional community structures in the Carpathian region.
• Ațintiș — Rural locality and commune seat located in Mureș County, within the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. Documented since 1357 and situated on the Transylvanian Plateau near the Mureș River, the settlement is notable for its multicultural demographic structure historically comprised of Romanian, Hungarian, and Roma communities, as well as its distinct natural landscape along the Ațintiș Creek Valley.
• Avirești — A rural locality, hamlet, or small historical settlement located within the Romanian geographical space, having its name formed on a patronymic base with the collective suffix '-ești', indicating its origins linked to the descendants of a local founder named Avram, Avrim, or a similar variant. The toponym preserves the specific character of traditional Romanian villages historically organized around old land properties.
• Baba Ana — A locality and commune located in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, consisting of the villages Baba Ana (the administrative center), Conduratu, and Cireșanu. Situated in the plains of the southeastern part of the county, the locality is economically recognized for its fertile agricultural lands and, particularly, for its viticultural development, being historically and structurally connected to the famous Dealu Mare wine region.