Country · RO
Romania in other languages: România, Bucharest, flag and 41 counties
Romania is România in Romanian, a name that is also its official form, with the ISO 3166-1 codes RO, ROU and 642. The lists give the country in 183 languages, the capital Bucharest (București) in 98, the 41 counties with their seats and ISO 3166-2 codes, and the anthem.
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- RO
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- ROU
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- 642
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- BucureștiBucurești · Bucharest
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Romania (România) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Finnish, Kven, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin, Malagasy, Norwegian, Occitan, Samoan, Sardinian, Swahili | eng / fin / fkv / ina / ita / lld / mlg / nor / oci / smo / srd / swa | Romania | same as written |
| Indonesian, Javanese, Lingala, Novial, Sicilian, Spanish, Albanian | ind / jav / lin / nov / scn / spa / sqi | Rumania | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Roemenië | same as written |
| Corsican, Faroese, Romansh | cos / fao / roh | Rumenia | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Jersey Norman French | fra / frp / jnf | Roumanie | same as written |
| North Frisian, Saterland Frisian, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish | frr / stq / swe / deu / ltz | Rumänien | same as written |
| Hausa, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | hau / kin / run | Rumaniya | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian | arg / ast | Rumanía | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Rumunsko | same as written |
| Gagauz, Karakalpak | gag / kaa | Rumıniya / Румыния | Rumıniya |
| Hungarian, Northern Sami | hun / sme | Románia | same as written |
| Turkish, Zazaki, Kurmanji Kurdish | tur / zza / kur | Romanya | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Rumuña | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Rumıniya / Румынија | Rumıniya |
| Bambara | bam | Urumani | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Rumunija / Румунија / رۆمۆنٖىيا | Rumunija |
| Breton | bre | Roumania | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Romania, Rumània | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Roumani | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Romaniya / Романия | Romaniya |
| Kashubian | csb | Rumùńskô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Rwmania | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Rumænien | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Rumuńska | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Rumanujo, Rumanio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Rumeenia | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Errumania | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Roemeenje | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Romanie | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Romàinia, An Romàinia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Rómáin, An Rúmáin | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Romanía | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Romaain | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Rrumaña | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Woumani | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Rumunjska | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Rumunska | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Rọmenia | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Rúmenía | same as written |
| Greenlandic | kal | Rumænia | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Romania, Rumania, Rumaenia, Dacoromania, Dacia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Rumānija | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Rumunija | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Rumāņmō | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Rumuneja | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Rumanija | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | România / Ромыния | România |
| Maori | mri | Romeinia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Romania / رومانيا | Romania |
| Nahuatl | nah | Rōmantlān | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Romeenien | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Roumanîn | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Rumunia | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Roménia / Romênia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Rumanya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Rumuniya / रुमुनिया | Rumuniya |
| Romanian | ron | România | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Romãnia | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Rumania / Руманиа | Rumania |
| Slovenian | slv | Romunija | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Romonėjė | same as written |
| Somali | som | Rumaaniya | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Růmůńja | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Roménia | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Rumanya, Rumaniya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Lumeinia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Rumyniýa / Румыния | Rumyniýa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Ruminiya / Руминия / رۇمىنىيە | Ruminiya |
| Veps | vep | Ruminii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Lỗ Má Ni, Ru-ma-ni | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Rumän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Romaania | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Roumaneye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Romaani | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iRumaniya | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Роумꙑні́ꙗ | Rumynī́ja |
| Altai, Avar, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk, Abaza | alt / ava / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal / abq | Румыния | Rumynija |
| Chuvash, Ossetian | chv / oss | Румыни | Rumyni |
| Abkhaz | abk | Румыниа | Rumynia |
| Bashkir | bak | Румыния / Rumıniya | Rumıniya |
| Belarusian | bel | Румынія / Rumynija | Rumynija |
| Bulgarian | bul | Румъния | Rumănija |
| Chechen | che | Румыни / Rumıni | Rumıni |
| Kazakh | kaz | Румыния / رۋمىنيا / Rwmınïya | Rwmınïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Румыниэ | Rumyniă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Румыния / رۇمىنىيا / Rumıniya | Rumıniya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Р’уминистан / Ṟûmînîstan, Р’умини / Ṟûmînî | Ṟûmînîstan, Ṟûmînî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Румыний | Rumynij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Романија | Romanija |
| Mongolian | mon | Румын | Rumyn |
| Rusyn | rue | Румуньско | Rumun'sko |
| Serbian | srp | Румунија / Rumunija | Rumunija |
| Tatar | tat | Румыния / Rumıniä / رۇمىنىيە | Rumıniä |
| Tajik | tgk | Руминия / رومینیه / Ruminija | Ruminija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Румунія | Rumunija |
| Arabic | ara | رومانيا | Rūmāniyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | رومینییا / Rumıniya | Rumıniya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ڕۆمانیا / Ṟomanya, رۆمانیا / Romanya | Ṟomanya, Romanya |
| Persian | fas | رومانی / Rumâni / Români, رومانیا / Rumâniyâ | Rumâni, Români, Rumâniyâ |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | رومانیہ | Rūmāniyâ |
| Dari | prs | رومانیا | Rōmāniyā |
| Pashto | pus | رومانيا | Rōmāniyā |
| Uyghur | uig | رۇمىنىيە / Ruminiye / Румыния | Ruminiye |
| Urdu | urd | رومانیا, رومانیہ | Rōmāniyā / Rūmāniyā, Rōmāniyâ / Rūmāniyâ |
| Dhivehi | div | ރުމޭނިއާ | Rumēniā |
| Syriac | syr | ܪܘܡܢܝܐ | Rūmaniyā |
| Hebrew | heb | רומניה | Rūmenyah |
| Ladino | lad | רומאניה / Rumania | Rumania |
| Yiddish | yid | רומעניע | Rumenye |
| Amharic | amh | ሮሜኒያ, ሩማንያ, ሮማንያ | Romeniya, Rumanya, Romanya |
| Greek | ell | Ρουμανία | Roymanía |
| Armenian | hye | Ռումինիա | Ṙouminia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | რუმინეთი | Rumineṭi |
| Laz | lzz | რომანია / Romania | Romania |
| Hindi | hin | रोमानिया, रूमानिया | Romāniyā, Rūmāniyā |
| Bengali | ben | রোমানিয়া, রুমানিয়া | Romāniyā, Rumāniyā |
| Gujarati | guj | રોમાનિયા | Romāniyā |
| Odia | ori | ରୋମାନିଆ | Romāniā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਰੁਮਾਨੀਆ | Rumānīā |
| Sinhala | sin | රුමේනියාව | Rumēniyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ರೊಮಾನಿಯ | Romāniya |
| Malayalam | mal | റൊമാനിയ | Ṟomāniya |
| Tamil | tam | ருமேனியா, ருமானியா | Rumēṉiyā, Rumāṉiyā |
| Telugu | tel | రొమేనియా | Romēniyā |
| Chinese | zho | 羅馬尼亞/罗马尼亚 | Luōmǎníyà |
| Cantonese | yue | 羅馬尼亞/罗马尼亚 | Lòhmáhnàihnga |
| Japanese | jpn | ルーマニア | Rūmania |
| Korean | kor | 루마니아 | Rumania |
| Tibetan | bod | རོ་མ་ཉི་ཡ།, རུ་མེན་ཉི་ཡ།, རོ་མན་ནི་ཡ།, རོ་མ་ནི་ཡ།, ལུའོ་མ་ཉི་ཡ།, ལོ་མ་ཉི་ཡ། | Ro.ma.ñi.ya, Ru.men.ñi.ya, Ro.man.ni.ya, Ro.ma.ni.ya, Lu'o.ma.ñi.ya, Lo.ma.ñi.ya |
| Burmese | mya | ရိုမေးနီးယား | Ẏomènìyà |
| Thai | tha | โรมาเนีย | Rōmāniya |
| Lao | lao | ຣູມານີ | Lūmānī |
| Khmer | khm | រូម៉ានី | Rūmānī |
| Cherokee | chr | ᎶᎹᏂᏯ / Lomaniya | Lomaniya |
Latin lists five names, from Romania and Rumania to the older Dacoromania and Dacia; Irish writes An Rómáin or An Rúmáin.
02 · NamesU+0102 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE
România, Rumänien, Румыния: o or u
Romania has one name in Romanian, România, which is also its full official name; there is no Republic of in front of it. The adjective is român, the language română, and the currency is 1 leu = 100 bani.
Two spellings meet abroad. English, Finnish, Italian, Swahili and Latin keep the o of Romania; German and Swedish write Rumänien, Indonesian and Javanese Rumania, Polish Rumunia, Czech and Slovak Rumunsko, and most Cyrillic alphabets Румыния (Rumynija). Hungarian and Northern Sami say Románia, Turkish, Zazaki and Kurdish Romanya. Macedonian Романија and Slovenian Romunija keep the o.
The neighbours each have their own Bucharest: Turkish Bükreş, Bulgarian Букурещ, Serbian Букурешт / Bukurešt and Albanian Bukureshti, while Russian has Бухарест with an h sound.
Bucharest (București) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Bucharest | same as written |
| Danish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Maltese, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | dan / est / eus / fin / hun / ind / mlt / swe / deu / ltz / nds | Bukarest | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, French, Italian, Sicilian, Spanish | arg / ast / cat / fra / ita / scn / spa | Bucarest | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Boekarest | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Bukurešť | same as written |
| Latvian, Tetum | lav / tet | Bukareste | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Buxarest / Бухарест | Buxarest |
| Bosnian | bos | Bukurešt / Букурешт / بۆقۆرەشت | Bukurešt |
| Kashubian | csb | Bùkarest | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Bukareŝto | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Bûkarest | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Búcairist | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Boukarès | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Bukurešt | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Búkarest | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Bûxareşt, Bûkareşt | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Bucaresta, Bucarestum | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Bukareštas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | București / Букурешть | București |
| Malay | msa | Bucharest / بوكاريست | Bucharest |
| Occitan | oci | Bucarèst | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Bukareszt | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Bucareste | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Bukurešti / बुकुरेश्ती | Bukurešti |
| Romansh | roh | Bucaresta | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | București | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Bucureshci | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Bukarest / Букарест | Bukarest |
| Slovenian | slv | Bukarešta | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Bukarėštos | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Bukureshti | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Bukarešt | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Bukares, Bukarest | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Buharest / Бухарест | Buharest |
| Turkish | tur | Bükreş | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Buxarest / Бухарест / بۇخەرېست | Buxarest |
| Vietnamese | vie | Bu-ca-rét | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Bucaresse | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Bukreş | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Боукарєштъ | Bukareštŭ |
| Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | mon / rus / ukr | Бухарест | Buȟarest |
| Bashkir | bak | Бухарест / Buxarest | Buxarest |
| Belarusian | bel | Бухарэст / Bucharest | Bucharest |
| Bulgarian | bul | Букурещ | Bukurešt |
| Kazakh | kaz | Бухарест / بۋحارەست / Bwxarest | Bwxarest |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Бухарест / بۇحارەست / Buharest | Buharest |
| Serbian | srp | Букурешт / Bukurešt | Bukurešt |
| Tatar | tat | Бухарест / Buxarest / بۇخارېست | Buxarest |
| Tajik | tgk | Бухарест / بوخریست / Buxarest | Buxarest |
| Arabic | ara | بوخارست, بوخرست | Būḫārist, Būḫarist |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بوخارئست / Buxarest | Buxarest |
| Persian | fas | بوخارست / Buxârest, بخارست / Boxârest | Buxârest, Boxârest |
| Pashto | pus | بوخارېست | Būḫārest |
| Uyghur | uig | بۇخارېست / Buxarést / Бухарест | Buxarést |
| Urdu | urd | بخارسٹ | Buḫārasṫ |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܘܩܘܪܫܛ | Būqūrešṭ |
| Hebrew | heb | בוקרשט, בוקרסט | Būqarešṭ, Būqaresṭ |
| Yiddish | yid | בוקאַרעשט | Bukarešt |
| Amharic | amh | ቡካሬስት, ቡካረስት | Bukarest, Bukaräst |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Βουκουρέστι | Voykoyrésti |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Βουκουρέστιον | Voykoyréstion |
| Armenian | hye | Բուխարեստ | Bouxarest |
| Georgian | kat | ბუქარესტი | Buḳaresti |
| Hindi | hin | बुखारेस्त, बुख़ारेस्त | Bukʰārest, Buȟārest |
| Nepali | nep | बुकारेस्ट | Bukāresṭ |
| Bengali | ben | বুখারেস্ট, বুখারেষ্ট, বুকারেস্ট | Bukʰāresṭ, Bukʰāreṣṭ, Bukāresṭ |
| Punjabi | pan | ਬੂਚਰੈਸਟ | Būčaræsṭ |
| Kannada | kan | ಬುಚಾರೆಷ್ಟ್ | Bučāreṣṭ |
| Tamil | tam | புக்கரேஸ்டு, புக்காரெஸ்ட், புகாரெஸ்ட் | Pukkarēsṭu, Pukkāresṭ, Pukāresṭ |
| Telugu | tel | బుఖారెస్ట్ | Bukʰāresṭ |
| Chinese | zho | 布加勒斯特 | Bùjiālēisītè |
| Japanese | jpn | ブカレスト | Bukaresuto |
| Korean | kor | 부쿠레슈티 | Bukuresyuti |
| Tibetan | bod | པུ་ཁ་རེ་སིད། | Pu.kʰa.re.sid |
| Thai | tha | บูคาเรสต์ | Būkʰārēt[d] |
| Khmer | khm | ប៊ូខារ៉េស, ប៊្យូឈឹរេសថ៍ | Būkʰāres, Byūčʰʉres[tʰ] |
The 41 counties of Romania (județe) and Bucharest
Romania has 41 counties, județe, and the capital Bucharest as a municipality of county rank. Each row gives the Romanian name, the English form and the county seat with its ISO 3166-2 code.
| ISO 3166-2 | Romanian | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counties județe41 | ||||
| RO-AB | Județul Alba | Alba County | Alba IuliaAlba Iulia | |
| RO-AG | Județul Argeș | Argeș County | PiteștiPitești | |
| RO-AR | Județul Arad | Arad County | AradArad | |
| RO-BC | Județul Bacău | Bacău County | BacăuBacău | |
| RO-BH | Județul Bihor | Bihor County | OradeaOradea | |
| RO-BN | Județul Bistrița-Năsăud | Bistrița-Năsăud County | BistrițaBistrița | |
| RO-BR | Județul Brăila | Brăila County | BrăilaBrăila | |
| RO-BT | Județul Botoșani | Botoșani County | BotoșaniBotoșani | |
| RO-BV | Județul Brașov | Brașov County | BrașovBrașov | |
| RO-BZ | Județul Buzău | Buzău County | BuzăuBuzău | |
| RO-CJ | Județul Cluj | Cluj County | Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca | |
| RO-CL | Județul Călărași | Călărași County | CălărașiCălărași | |
| RO-CS | Județul Caraș-Severin | Caraș-Severin County | ReșițaReșița | |
| RO-CT | Județul Constanța | Constanța County | ConstanțaConstanța | |
| RO-CV | Județul Covasna | Covasna County | Sfântu GheorgheSfântu Gheorghe | |
| RO-DB | Județul Dâmbovița | Dâmbovița County | TârgovișteTârgoviște | |
| RO-DJ | Județul Dolj | Dolj County | CraiovaCraiova | |
| RO-GJ | Județul Gorj | Gorj County | Târgu JiuTârgu Jiu | |
| RO-GL | Județul Galați | Galați County | GalațiGalați | |
| RO-GR | Județul Giurgiu | Giurgiu County | GiurgiuGiurgiu | |
| RO-HD | Județul Hunedoara | Hunedoara County | DevaDeva | |
| RO-HR | Județul Harghita | Harghita County | Miercurea-CiucMiercurea-Ciuc | |
| RO-IF | Județul Ilfov | Ilfov County | BufteaBuftea | |
| RO-IL | Județul Ialomița | Ialomița County | SloboziaSlobozia | |
| RO-IS | Județul Iași | Iași County | IașiIași | |
| RO-MH | Județul Mehedinți | Mehedinți County | Drobeta-Turnu SeverinDrobeta-Turnu Severin | |
| RO-MM | Județul Maramureș | Maramureș County | Baia MareBaia Mare | |
| RO-MS | Județul Mureș | Mureș County | Târgu MureșTârgu Mureș | |
| RO-NT | Județul Neamț | Neamț County | Piatra NeamțPiatra Neamț | |
| RO-OT | Județul Olt | Olt County | SlatinaSlatina | |
| RO-PH | Județul Prahova | Prahova County | PloieștiPloiești | |
| RO-SB | Județul Sibiu | Sibiu County | SibiuSibiu | |
| RO-SJ | Județul Sălaj | Sălaj County | ZalăuZalău | |
| RO-SM | Județul Satu Mare | Satu Mare County | Satu MareSatu Mare | |
| RO-SV | Județul Suceava | Suceava County | SuceavaSuceava | |
| RO-TL | Județul Tulcea | Tulcea County | TulceaTulcea | |
| RO-TM | Județul Timiș | Timiș County | TimișoaraTimișoara | |
| RO-TR | Județul Teleorman | Teleorman County | AlexandriaAlexandria | |
| RO-VL | Județul Vâlcea | Vâlcea County | Râmnicu VâlceaRâmnicu Vâlcea | |
| RO-VN | Județul Vrancea | Vrancea County | FocșaniFocșani | |
| RO-VS | Județul Vaslui | Vaslui County | VasluiVaslui | |
| Municipality municipiu1 | ||||
| RO-B | Municipiul București | Bucharest | BucureștiBucharest | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:RO, as tabulated in Wikipedia’s ISO 3166-2:RO, checked 28 October 2026; ISO calls the counties departments and has not changed the list since Ilfov (RO-IF) was added in December 2002. Names and seats: the 2017 edition of this list.
05 · Counties
Județul and municipiu: how the counties are named
Every county name in Romanian starts with Județul, the county of: Județul Cluj, Județul Iași. The seat is a municipiu, the higher rank of town, and many counties share the name of their seat, such as Arad, Bacău or Constanța. Others carry the name of a river or region: Argeș has Pitești, Cluj has Cluj-Napoca and Harghita has Miercurea-Ciuc.
Ilfov, around Bucharest, is the youngest county; ISO gave it the code RO-IF in 2002, and its seat is Buftea. The capital itself is not part of any county and has its own code, RO-B.
06 · Anthem
Deșteaptă-te, române!, the national anthem
The poem by Andrei Mureșanu, Romania’s anthem since 1990, in four stanzas in Romanian.
- Deșteaptă-te, române, din somnul cel de moarte, / În care te-adânciră barbarii de tirani / Acum ori niciodată croiește-ți altă soarte, / La care să se-nchine și cruzii tăi dușmani.
- Acum ori niciodată să dăm dovezi în lume / Că-n aste mâni mai curge un sânge de roman, / Și că-n a noastre piepturi păstrăm cu fală-un nume / Triumfător în lupte, un nume de Traian.
- Priviți, mărețe umbre, Mihai, Ștefan, Corvine, / Româna națiune, ai voștri strănepoți, / Cu brațele armate, cu focul vostru-n vine, / „Viața-n libertate ori moarte“ strigă toți.
- Preoți, cu crucea-n frunte căci oastea e creștină, / Deviza-i libertate și scopul ei preasfânt. / Murim mai bine-n luptă, cu glorie deplină, / Decât să fim sclavi iarăși în vechiul nost’pământ.
07 · Questions
Questions about the names of Romania
What is Romania called in Romanian?
România. The official name is the same word, without a Republic of.
How many counties does Romania have?
41 counties (județe) plus the municipality of Bucharest, coded RO-AB to RO-VN and RO-B in ISO 3166-2.
What is the Romanian national anthem?
Deșteaptă-te, române! (Awaken thee, Romanian!), a poem by Andrei Mureșanu, adopted in 1990.