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graniță
border /ˈɡra.ni.t͡sə/
noun#3136 most common
Also: frontier, boundary, limit
Example sentences
Granița este aproape.
The border is close.
Am trecut granița cu mașina.
We crossed the border by car.
La graniță ni s-au verificat pașapoartele.
At the border, our passports were checked.
Satul se află chiar lângă granița cu Ucraina.
The village is right next to the border with Ukraine.
Guvernul a decis să închidă temporar granița.
The government decided to temporarily close the border.
Conflictul a dus la redesenarea granițelor dintre cele două țări.
The conflict led to the redrawing of the borders between the two countries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | graniță | granițe |
| Genitive | graniței | granițelor |
| Accusative | graniță | granițe |
| Vocative | graniță | granițe |
Word family
grănicerborder guard
grănicerescrelating to border guards or the border
de granițăborder- (adjectival phrase, e.g. zonă de graniță, "border zone")
frontierăborder, frontier (more formal near-synonym)Etymology
Graniță is a Slavic loanword in Romanian, part of a family of border-related terms shared across Eastern Europe. It sits alongside the newer, French-derived synonym frontieră, which is more formal and administrative. Graniță carries an older, more everyday feel, tied to the historical experience of living near contested or shifting state lines.
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