Talk:Banská Bystrica

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Regarding the names, here is a liink to a Slovak web reference: http://vkmk.sk.neutrino.vasadomena.sk/storage/PoznajSvojeMestoBB.pdf (Page 2). Also, another question: Does Bystrica refer to one concrete river or just "rapid river" in general? (The name also exists in the Transylvanian town "Beszterce/Bistrita" Árpád 09:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Bystrý (bystrij) means quick in Slavic languages. Bystrica or Bystrice [Czech Bystřice] (literally approx. "quick thing (river)" ) is a very frequent toponym in this region and nowadays the word is no longer perceived to imply more than river or creek. Juro 10:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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