title: -ești
text: # -ești
  
  The suffix -ești (pronounced, sometimes changed to -ăști) is widespread in Romanian placenames. It is the plural of the possessive suffix -escu, formerly used for patronyms and currently widespread in family names. Obsolete spellings are -esci and -eșci, used for a few decades until the beginning of the 20th century.
  
  Overall, this ending is part of the names of 14.8% of the Romanian towns and villages (2,038 out of 13,724) and 11.4% of the Moldovan towns and villages (144 out of 1,254). In some areas in Romania, more than half of the placenames have this suffix.
  
  ## Placenames
  
  ### Romania
  
  * Brănești
  * Bucureșci, Hunedoara County
  * București (Bucharest)
  * Comănești
  * Dărăști-Ilfov, Ilfov County
  * Fetești
  * Mărășești
  * Moinești
  * Negrești-Oaș
  * Onești
  * Pitești
  * Ploiești
  * Scornicești
  * Zărnești
  
  ### Moldova
  
  * Fălești
  * Florești
  * Hîncești
  * Mălăiești, Transnistria
  * Șoldănești
  * Telenești
  * Vulcănești
  