From: petusek
Message: 34041
Date: 2004-09-06
> I found an interesting piece of information at
> http://www.dunainfo.sk/dunajskastreda/sk/priroda.htm (written in
Slovak). At
> the beginning of Xth century - in 907 AD - the city was called
> Brezalauspurg, and as decades and centuries passed by, its name
stabilized
> as "Pressburg", however some people thing the word is of Hungarian
or even
> Turkic origin (but I do not know what these assumptions are based
on).
>
> Petusek
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That page doesn't offer a return to the home page, but if you go
there directly:
http://www.dunajinfo.sk/dunajskastreda
you have your choice of Slovak, Hungarian or English.
Dan