Bucur (legendary shepherd)
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Bucur (legendary shepherd)
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Bucur is the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest, giving it his name. While the legend about the shepherd is probably apocryphal, the name of the city is actually quite likely derived from a person named Bucur, as the suffix -ești is used for settlements derived from personal names, usually of the owner of the land or of the founder, though it is more likely that Bucur was the noble who owned the land. There is an old small church named Biserica lui Bucur which, as
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Legendary founder of Romania's capital, Bucureşti
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucur_(legendary_shepherd)
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2024-04-05T06:17:41Z
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