Editing Szeged (section)

== Etymology ==
It is possible that the name ''Szeged'' is a [[mutation (linguistics)|mutated]] and truncated form of the final syllables of ''[[Partiscum (castra)|Partiscum]]'', the name of a Roman colony founded in the 2nd century, on or near the site of modern Szeged. In [[Latin language]] contexts, {{lang|la|Partiscum}} has long been assumed to be synonymous with ''Szeged''. The Latin name is also the basis of the city's [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] name {{lang|el|Παρτίσκον}} ''Partiskon''.

However, ''Szeged'' might instead have originated (or been influenced by) an old [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] word for "corner" ({{lang|hu|szeg}}), pointing to the turn of the river [[Tisza]] that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word {{lang|hu|sziget}} which means "island". Others still contend that {{lang|hu|szeg}} means "dark blond" ({{lang|hu|sötétszőkés}}) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers [[Tisza]] and [[Mureș (river)|Maros]] merge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.szegedportal.hu/index.php?pg=101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018021019/http://www.szegedportal.hu/index.php?pg=101|url-status=dead|title=On etymology|archive-date=18 October 2007}}</ref> 

Szeged has a variety of names in languages other than Hungarian. These are usually formed by the addition of a suffix ''-in'' to the Hungarian name: {{langx|ro|Seghedin}}; {{langx|de|Szegedin}} or {{lang|de|Segedin}}; {{langx|sh-Latn|Segedin}}/{{lang|sh-Cyrl|Сегедин}}; {{langx|it|Seghedino}};  {{langx|lv|Segeda}}; {{langx|lt|Segedas}}; {{langx|pl|Segedyn}}; [[Slovak language|Slovak]] and {{langx|cs|Segedín}}; {{langx|tr|Segedin}}.