Editing Deva, Romania (section)

==Name==
Its name was first recorded in 1269 as castrum ''Dewa''. The origin of the name gave rise to controversy. It is considered that the name comes from the ancient [[Dacian language|Dacian]] word ''dava'', meaning "fortress" (as in ''Pelendava'', ''Piroboridava'', or ''Zargidava''). Other theories trace the name to a [[Roman legion|Roman Legion]], the [[Legio II Augusta]], transferred to Deva from Castrum Deva, now [[Chester]] (''[[Deva Victrix]]'') in Britain. János András Vistai assume the name is of [[old Turkic]] origin from the name [[Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians|Gyeücsa]].<ref name="János András Vistai">{{cite web|author=János András Vistai|title= Tekintő – Erdélyi Helynévkönyv|page=236 |url=http://www.fatornyosfalunk.com/helynevkonyv_-_1._kotet_A-H.pdf |language=hu|trans-title=Transylvanian Toponym Book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710230653/http://www.fatornyosfalunk.com/helynevkonyv_-_1._kotet_A-H.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> Others assert that the name is probably of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin where ''Deva'' or ''Devín'' means "girl" or "maiden" (a similar case exists in [[Slovak language|Slovak]]ian for the [[Devín Castle]], located at the confluence of the [[Danube]] and [[Great Morava]], at the site of the former town of [[Devín]])<ref name="ghid2-b">{{cite book | last = Octavian | first = Floca | title = Hunedoara ghid al judeţului | year = 1969 | location = Deva | pages    = 50 | quote  = Argumente de ordin lingvistic dovedesc că Deva îşi are originea într-un nume slav-sudic(Deva – fecioară).|language = ro}}</ref> or from the [[History of the Hungarian language|Old Hungarian]] name Győ.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kiss |first=Lajos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffOsQgAACAAJ |title=Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára |date=1983 |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=978-963-05-3346-1 |page=178 |language=hu}}</ref> Additionally, it is possible the name Deva was derived from the reconstructed [[proto-Indo-European]] ''dhewa'' ("settlement"). On medieval maps ''Deva'' appears as: ''Dewan'' (first mention), ''Deva'', or later ''Diemrich''.