Terms encountered in geography and the mail system

We have also incorporated elements of the philatelic dictionaries from
Ernest Morgenstern, Manualul Filatelistului īncepqtor, Bucurewti, Editura Transporturilor
wi Telecomunicayiilor, 1964; and from
Marcel Danescu, Filatelia de la A la Z, Bucure
wti, Editura Sport-Turism, 1987.

Some of the Romanian terms are taken from the corresponding French terms, and the English translations might make more sense if we added the French, or even German.
A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V Z (shortcuts)
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abonament (newspaper) subscription   antreprenor powtal postal contractor
abonat subscriber   antreprizq powtalq postal enterprise
achitarea     anulare cancellation
achitat paid   anulat canceled
act oficial official paper   anunyare  
acte de procedurq court papers   apq, apa water, the water
adeverire de primire confirmation of receipt   aramq copper
administrayia powtelor postal authorities   Ardeal Transylvania
adresq address   argint silver
adresant adressee   armatq army
aerogramq aerogram   asigurare insurance
aeroport airport   asistenyq socialq social assistance
afacere business   aur gold
afarq outside   aurelaj network
agenyie agency   autotipie half-tone process, autotype
agenyie powtalq postal agency   avion airplane
ajutor help   avis de platq advice of payment (for a money order)
albq white   aviz de primire advice of receipt
album album   avocat lawyer
ambasadq embassy      
Anglia England      
anomalie anomaly, irregularity      

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bagaj baggage   birou powtal post office
baia, bqi, bqile bath (e.g., hot springs)   birou powtal feroviar railway post office
baltq marsh, pool, lake   birou autorizat authorized post office
bancq, banca bank, the bank   bisericq church
bancnotq banknote   bogat, -q rich
bqrbat husband   bon bill (invoice)
barcq boat   bou ox
bqtrān old   bray branch
bazin basin   bucatq piece
biblioteca library   buletin de expediere way bill (accompanies a parcel)
bilet, bilete ticket, tickets   bulevard boulevard (abbrev. bd.)
birou office, section (of an office)   bun good
birou de cenzurq militarq military censorship office   bursq stock exchange
birou de schimb exchange bureau      

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cadru frame   coalq   sheet (of stamps)
caimacam regent for the hospodar   coastq coast
cal, cai horse, horses   cod powtal postal code
cqlqtori travel   codru, codri forest, forests
cale avenue   codrul, codrii the forest, the forests
cale feratq railway   colecyie collection
Calea Victorie Avenue of the Victory   colecyionar    collector
calitate quality   colet parcel
camerq room, chamber, Chamber (parliament)   colet expres express parcel
cāmpie plain, field   colet powtal postal parcel
canal channel, canal   colinq hill
cānd when   coliyq small sheet (of stamps)
cap head, cape   colorat colored
carantinq quarantine   coly corner
carnet booklet   comemorativ   commemorative
cartare sorting (office)   comunq village
carte, cqryi book, books   condicq powtalq postal book
carte powtalq postal card   consulat consulate
carte powtalq īnchise  letter card   copil, copii child, children
cqryi powtale postal cards   corespondent correspondent
cqruyq carriage   corespondenyq correspondence
casa  the house   corn powtal post horn
casq house   cotidiene daily (newspaper)
casier cashier   cretatq (hārtie) chalky paper
casierie treasury   Crucea Rowie Red cross
castel castle   culme ridge, summit, peak
cqsuyq powtalq post office box   culoar passage
catalog catalogue   culoare color
Ckt? How much?   cumpqra buy
cqtun hamlet   cupon de rqspuns internayional international reply coupon
ceatal fork (in a river)   cuprinde include
cec check, cheque (Brit.)   cuprins included
cecuri postale postal checks   curat clean
cel mai most   curier powtal postal courier
cel mai bun best   curiozitate curiosity
cel mai puyin least   cursq powtalq auto postal motor coach
cenzurq censorship   cutie box
cer sky   cutie de chibrituri box of matches
cernealq ink   cutie de scrisori letter box
de tipar printing ink   cutie powtalq post office box
cetate citadel   cuvānte, cuvinte word, words
chibrit, chibrite match, matches      
chibrituri matches      
chitanyq receipt      
cine who      
circulayie circulation      
Cīt costq? How much?      
citayie judiciarq summons, subpoena      
clqdire building      
clasor stockbook      
cliweu cliché, negative      

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dantelat perforated   din deal on the hill
dantelurq perforation   din padure of the woods
datq (calendar) date, time   din vale in the valley
data emisiunii date of issue   doamna the mistress (cf. domnul)
de cqtre, līngq by   doamnq lady; Mrs.
de-jos lower   docuri docks
de-mijloc middle   domeni domains
de-sus upper   domn gentleman; Mr.
deal foothill   domni(i) (the) gentlemen
decāt only, but   domnilor of, to the gentlemen
declarayie vamalq customs form   domniwoarq Miss
defect defect, fault   domnul the gentleman
deosebit unusual   domnului of, to the gentleman
deplasat displaced   drept, dreaptq right; straight
desen design   drum road
despre about   Dunqre Danube River
destinator addressee   dupq after
devreme early   dupq plecare too late (after departure)
diligenyq  stage coach      

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emisiune emission, release   expeditor sender
emisiune (data) date of issue   expert expert
englez English   expertizq examination, experization
eroare error   expoziyie exhibition
eseu essay   expres express, special delivery
etichet de recomandare registration label   ezero, ezerul lagoon, lake
expediere dispatch      

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fabricq factory foarte very
factaj carriage of the mail from post office to address foarte mult very much
factor powtal postman, letter carrier formq de tipar printing format
fals fake formular vamal customs form
fāntānq fountain fraht way bill (accompanies a parcel)
fqrq without francare franking
farmacie pharmacy, chemist (Brit.) franco prepaid, free
felicitqri congratulations francez French
fer, fier iron frate brother
fiecare each, every frateli brothers
fierbinte hot frumowi beautiful
filatelie philately frumoasq (fem., sing.)
filatelist philatelist frumoase (fem., pl.)
filigran watermark frumos (masc., sing.)
fluviu river, stream frumowi (masc., pl.)

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galvanoplastie electroplating   grqdinq garden
garq railway station   gratuitq free (of charge)
garaj garage   greu, grea heavy (weight)
garanyie guarantee   greutate weight
ghid guide   grind levee
ghiweu counter   gros, groasq thick, heavy
ghiweul booking office, ticket window   gropuri  
ghiweu powtal post office counter   gumq gum
gratatq (hārtie) ribbed paper (vertically and horizontally)   gumare gumming
grāu wheat   gurq mouth

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hīrtie paper   heliogravurq intaglio printing, engraving
halq market-hall   hīrtie paper
halt railway halt   hīrtie de scris writing paper
hartq map   hotar frontier

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ieftin chehīrtii de afaceri commercial papersap   īnalt high, tall
ilustratq picture postcard   īngust narrow
imagine image   īntreg whole
imitayie imitation (nachdruck)   īntreg powtal postal stationery
īmpreunq together   indigenq (hkrtie) native paper
imprimate printed matter   inferior inferior
īnchisoare enclosure, prison   inscripyie inscription
īnmānarea     insul, insulq island
īntre between   īnyepqturq de ac prick of needle
īn timpul during   interzisq not permitted
īnquntru inside   inversat negative design
īnainte before   isvor spring

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jos down, low   judey county
jucqrii toyshop   jurnal newspaper

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la at, to, in   linie aerianq airline
lac lake   listq de preyuri price catalog
lampq de cuary quartz lamp   litografie lithography
lkngq near   livrare delivery
legayie legation   livret booklet
lemn wood   lunq moon
leu lion   lunar monthly
liber free (vacant, permitted)   luncq meadow
librqrie bookshop   lung long
liman marsh   lupq magnifying glass
limbq language, tongue      

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mq rog please please   marinq navy
machetq design, dummy   masq table
magazin shop   mawinq automobile
mqgurq hill   mawinq de francat postmarking machine
mai more   mawinq de sortat sorting machine
mai bun better   mqtuwe     aunt
mai jos lower   mersul trenurilor railway timetable
mai mult much more   mesagerie parcel post office
mai puyin  less   mesagerie powtala parcel post
mai tīrziu later   mesagerii parcel post service
mamq mother   mic, micq small, little
mknq hand   mijloc middle
mknqstire monastery, convent   mijloc de comunicayie means of communications
mandate money order   mitoc  
mandate powtale postal money order   moarq mill
mandate telegrafic telegraphic money order   moftin  
marcq, mqrci (postage) stamp, stamps   monedq coin
marcq fantezistq bogus stamp, cinderella   movilq knoll, hillock
marcq jubilarq jubilee stamp   mult much
marcq localq local stamp   mulyi, multe many
marcq oficialq official stamp   mulyumesc thank you
marcq uzualq common stamp   munte, munyi mountain, mountains
mqrci de ziare newspaper stamps      
mare great, large      
mare, marea sea      
Marea Neagrq Black Sea      
Marele Cartier General General Headquarters (army)      
marfq, mqrfuri goods, merchandise      

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neamy German   noastra our
nedentelat imperforate   notq de platq bill to pay
negru black   nou, nouq new (m., f.)
nevastq wife   numai only
nelimitatq unlimited   nume, numele name, the name
nimic nothing   numerar cash

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obiwnuitq usual, ordinary   oficiu powtal militar military post office
obliterare cancellation   opri to stop
ocupat busy, engaged   oprire stop (traffic sign)
odontometru perforation gauge   oprit stopped
oficial official   orar timetable
oficiu powtale post office   oraw, orawul town, the town
oficiu powtal ambulat travelling post office   oraw mare city
oficiu powtal de tranzit transit post office   ostrov river island

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pachet    packet, parcel   pod    bridge
pqdure, -a wood, forest   podiw plateau
paginq page (of a book)   poian, -a glade, clearing
palat palace   port harbor
Palatul Powtelor main post office, Bucharest   porto postage, postage due
pqmānt earth   powtq post (office)
papetqrie stationer   powta centralq     main post office
par avion airmail   powtq aerianq airmail
pqrāu, pārq brook   powtq de campanie military field post
parc park   powta militarq military post
parchet     powta uwoarq light mail (service)
pqrinte parent   powta ruralq rural post
particular private   powtalion mail coach
-pe - upon (as in Stratford-upon-Avon)   powtqriyq postwoman
pecete seal   powtaw postman
pensetq tweezers   poste restante general delivery, will call
pereche pair   prea mult too much
perforayie perforation   presentarea  
peron railroad station platform   prey price
pewterq cave   preyuri curente prices current
piayq (town) square; market   primar mayor
piatrq stone   primi receive
pisc peak, top, summit   primirea  
piuq fulling-mill, mortar   prim zbor first flight
plaiu plateau   probq proof
plaja beach   probe de marfq manufacturer's samples (samples of merchandise)
plqtit (q) paid   punct point
plecare departure(s)   pune put
plic(uri) envelope(s)   put well
poartq door   puyin little (amount)
poate perhaps      

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ramburs collect-on-delivery   recuvrement collection order
rapid fast   regat kingdom
raritate rarity   regatul Romāniei the Kingdom of Romania
rqspuns plqtit reply paid   rege, regele king, the king
rqsturnat inverted   reginq queen
rqu bad   reimprimare reprint (neudruck)
rāu river, stream (pl. rāuri)   retur return
rqzboi war   ripsatq (hārtie) ribbed paper (vertically or horizontally)
recepisq receipt   roatq wheel
reclamq powtalq post advertisement   romān, romānq Romanian (noun)
recomandatq registered   romānesc, romāneascq Romanian (adjective)
recomandate registered   rus, rusesc, ruseascq Russian

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sqrat(q) salty   soare sun
sare salt   sorq sister
sat village   wosea road, highway
sau or   sosire arrival(s)
scaun(e) chair(s)   sosit arrived
schimb change, exchange   soy husband
wcoalq school   soyie wife
scrie write   speculativ speculative
scrisoare  letter   spital  hospital
scrisoare simplq surface mail   splaiu quai
scrisori recomandate registered letter   stayie station
scump expensive   stea, steaua, stele star, the star, stars
scurt short   wtiri news
seacq     strqinqtate foreign, abroad
secyia de miliyie police station   stradq street (abbrev. str.)
wef de garq railway station master   strqpuns rouletted (perforation)
selecyionare selection, sorting   strqzi streets
semne marks, signs   subyire thin
semne de recunoawtere signature   sucursalq branch office
senat Senate (parliament)   supratipar surcharge
serie set (of stamps)   surwarj surcharge
sfānt saint, holy   sus up, high
sigur sure, certain   warnierq hinge
Siguranya secret police   wtafetq courier
simplu, simplq simple, plain   wtampilq handstamp

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yarq, yqri country, countries   tipar īn relief  embossed printing
tare hard   tipqrite printed
tārg market   tipuri types
tarif powtale postage rate   tiraj impression
tatq father   tīrziu late
taxq tax   tot, toatq everything
taxq de platq postage due   toy everybody
taxq de ramburs reimbursement charge   tot, toyi, toate all
teatru theater   tramvai street car
telefon telephone   trecutq past, old, former
telegraf telegraph   tren train (railroad)
telegramq telegram   tren accelerat fast train
tepe peak, hill   tren rapid very fast train
timbru, timbre (revenue) stamp(s)   tren expres very fast train, international
tīmp time   tren personal slow passenger train
yinut region   tren local, cursq slow local train
tipar printing   tren de marfq, mqrfar goods train
tipar adinc recess printing   trimiteri powtale mail
tipar īnalt typography   turn, turnu tower
tipar ofset offset printing   tutun tobacco
tipar plan planography, flat printing   tutungerie tobacconist

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uliya country road   ungur Hungarian
ultima last   urgent urgent
ultimul the last   urmqta next
umed damp   uwor, uwoarq light (weight)
unchi(u) uncle   uscat(q) dry
unde where   utilaj powtal postal equipment

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vacq cow   vapor (steam) boat
vadul the ford, crossing, road   varietate variety
vagon railroad car   variantq variant
vagon powtal postal railway coach   vārf summit, top
valabil valid   vechiu, veche old (m., f.)
vālcea valley   vederi views, picture postcards
vale, valea (pl. vqi) valley, the valley)   vīndut(q) sold
valoare value   vizq visa
valoare facialq face value   vizitq visit
valoare declaratq declared value   vodq prince
valoros, valoroasq valuable   voivode duke (originally), prince (later)
valutq currency   vorbq word
vamq customs   vreme time; weather
vamew customs officer      

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zahqr sugar   ziarist journalist
zbor flight   zilnic daily
ziare newspaper