#historical settlement

• Angeresti — A Romanian oiconym (place name), used historically or regionally as a toponym to designate rural settlements, villages, or hamlets whose name originates from a founder or a group of locals with the surname Anghel, Anger, or Angelescu. This territorial structure reflects a traditional pattern of forming place names in the Romanian space by appending the collective suffix of family belonging.
• Antonești — The name of several rural localities and geographical settlements within the Romanian area (located in counties from Romania such as Vâlcea or in districts of the Republic of Moldova), a designation historically formed through collective derivation from the name of a founder or estate owner named Anton or Antonescu. In a geographical and administrative sense, it represents a stable territorial unit, historically populated by structurally related families, whose name preserves the traditional Romanian pattern of group toponym formation.
• Arjanu — A Romanian toponym designating a locality, a village, or a landform within the territory of Romania, such as Arjanu village in Teleorman County. This place name preserves a special ethno-linguistic value for the history of rural communities in the Romanian Plain, reflecting ancient landownership structures, stable peasant settlements, or the physical and hydrographic features of the local terrain.
• Armășești — A Romanian toponym designating a commune located in Ialomița County, consisting of the villages Armășești, Malu Roșu, Nenișori, and Bihori. The settlement's name is historically linked to ancient agrarian occupations and local stud farms or to the name of landowners (armăși), representing a stable administrative entity in the Romanian Plain.
• Avirești — A rural locality, hamlet, or small historical settlement located within the Romanian geographical space, having its name formed on a patronymic base with the collective suffix '-ești', indicating its origins linked to the descendants of a local founder named Avram, Avrim, or a similar variant. The toponym preserves the specific character of traditional Romanian villages historically organized around old land properties.
• Avrămeni — A rural locality (commune or village) situated within the geographical space of Romania, the most notable example being the homonymous commune in Botoșani county. The toponym is a plural form developed based on the patronymic Avram with the collective suffix '-eni', historically indicating a settlement founded by the descendants or heirs of a respected local person with this name, preserving the specific structure of traditional villages.
• Băboești village — The name of settlements or microtoponyms in the Romanian space, formed from the root 'Babu' or 'Babă' with the collective suffix '-ești'. This linguistic structure historically indicates the hearth of a group of people, heirs, or subjects of a common ancestor (Babu or Baba), defining the traditional joint-ownership social structure of Romanian villages.
• Băbuești village — A Romanian toponym designating settlements, hamlets, or vanished microtoponyms, formed from the anthroponymic root 'Babu' or 'Babă' combined with the collective patronymic suffix '-ești'. This geographical indicator historically attests to the existence of an estate or a village hearth held in common ownership by the descendants or subjects of a prominent ancestor.