Editing Lugoj (section)

== Etymology ==
The origin of the toponym ''Lugoj'' has generated a series of controversies over time. {{ill|Vasile Maniu|ro}} claims that it derives from the [[Latin language|Latin]] word "lucus" (grove, small forest). [[Iorgu Iordan]], in his ''Romanian Toponymy'', accepts the origin of the name from the Slavic prefix "lug-" or "luh-" (swamp forest) and the Hungarian suffix "-os".<ref>{{cite book |title=Toponimia românească |last=Iordan |first=Iorgu |publisher=Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Române |location=Bucharest |date=1963}}</ref> However, linguist Simion Dănilă claims that the name of the city has its origin in the word "logos," a Banat doublet for "rogoz" ([[sedge]], a hydrophilous plant). All these hypotheses refer to the swampy areas that once surrounded the city.<ref name="ghid">{{cite book |url=http://banaticum.ro/wp-content/uploads/Kronologia-2-RO-HU-romanul-1.pdf |chapter=Lugoj |last=Săvulescu |first=Medina |title=Ghid cronologic al municipiilor Arad, Lugoj, Timișoara – România și Békéscsaba, Gyula, Szeged – Ungaria |editor-first=Barna |editor-last=Bodó |publisher=Marineasa |location=Timișoara |date=2009 |isbn=978-973-631-550-3 |pages=23–30}}</ref>