Adony

Adony

Adony

Town in Fejér, Hungary

See also: Adony (disambiguation)

Adony (formerly Duna-Adony; German: Adam; Latin: Vetus Salina or Vetusallum) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary.

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Etymology

The town's name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Odun and was attested as such in 1332. Odun possibly formed from the ad verb, meaning 'give'.[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Adony is twinned with:[3]

People

References

  1. [1]
    Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  2. [2]
    Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
  3. [3]
    "Testvérvárosok". adony.hu (in Hungarian). Adony. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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