Iaşi

Iaşi (Template:IPA-ro) (also historically referred to as Jassy or Iassy), is the seicont lairgest ceety (accordin tae the last census) an a municipality in Romanie. Locatit in the historical Moldavia region, Iaşi haes traditionally been ane o the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The ceety wis the caipital o the Principality o Moldavie frae 1564 tae 1859, then o the Unitit Principalities frae 1859 tae 1862 an the caipital of Romanie frae 1916 tae 1918.

Kent as The Cultural Caipital o Romanie, Iaşi is a seembol in Romanian history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said "There shoud be nae Romanian who does no ken o it".^[1]

Still referred tae as The Moldavian Caipital,^[2] Iaşi is the seat o Iaşi Coonty an the main economic centre o the Romanian region o Moldavie. The social an cultural life revolves aroond the Vasile Alecsandri Naitional Theater (the auldest in Romanie), the Moldova State Philharmonic, the Opera House, the Tătăraşi Athenaeum, a famous Botanical Garden (the auldest an lairgest in Romanie), the Central University Library (the auldest in Romanie), the heich quality cultural centres an festivals, an array o museums, memorial hooses, releegious an historical monuments.

Table o contents

1 Etymology an names
2 Internaitional relations
- 2.1 Twin touns — Sister ceeties
3 References
4 Freemit airtins

[edit] Etymology an names

The ceety is historically referred tae as:

German, Pols, Inglis: Jassy
French: Iassy
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Roushie: Яссы, Yassy‎
Yiddish: יאס, Yas‎
Greek: Ιάσιο, Iàsio
Turkis: Yaş‎
Ukrainian: Яси, Yasy
Italian: Jassi

Scholars hae different theories on the oreegin o the name "Iaşi".^[3] Some argue that the name oreeginates wi the Sarmatian tribe Iazyges (o Iranian oreegin), ane mentioned bi Ovid as "Ipse vides onerata ferox ut ducata Iasyx/ Per media Istri plaustra bubulcus aquas" an "Iazyges et Colchi Metereaque turba Getaque/ Danubii mediis vix prohibentur aquis".

A nou lost inscription on a Roman milestane^[4] foond near Osijek, Croatie bi Matija Petar Katančić in the 18t century, mentions the existence o a Jassiorum municipium,^[5] or Municipium Dacorum-Iassiorum frae ither sources.^[6]

Anither explanation is that the name oreeginatit frae the Iranian Alanic tribe o Jassi. The Hungarian name o the ceety (Jászvásár) literally means "Jassic Mercat"; the antiquatit Romanian name, Târgul Ieşilor (an the ance-favoured Iaşii), mey indicate the same meanin.

Oral sources say that the name mey come frae an airchaic form o the Romanian wird "tae exit" acause the ceety wis an important trade node in the region.^[7]