1) "Csiba falva" (Csiba village) in Transylvania, (now Romania).

Village in Maros-Torda County, in lower Riding od Maros (1910). Population 328, Hungarian. Last railway Maros-Vásárhely, last telegraph Nyáradtö.

Source: Révai Nagy Lexikona, Bpest 1912 Vol.5 p.79

" Csiba" Pag SzM XXVII u64 HNT 13~ MTVMR:

Pag=village, SzM=Marosszék (Sedes Marosinensis)

Source: "Erdély és Részek Térképe, Helységtárak" compiled by János Herner, Szeged, Hungary, 1987.

"Csiba"

Place in Romania's Transylvania (Erdély), South of Maros-vásár-hely (Tirgu Mures) Ciba (1601): Chybafalva MnyTK 74. sz 10; 1964: Csiba name change in first instance Csaba variation explainable. Combination of Csiba [1225 Ciba CDES. 1:226] personal name csz. [1476: Thomas Chyba : OklSz. 126] and the noun falu . The Roman Ciba originates from the Hungarian Csiba.

Source: Csiba GEO. file #4

NB. Dr Árpád Csiba was not able to locate this place in 1995; by then it had been absorbed by the city of Maros-vásárhely

2) In the Országos Levéltár a book "A Magyar Szentkorona Országainak Helységnévtára " 1907 Reference 608/K.K. lists the following geographic data:

2) "Csiba mezö" (Csiba field), Hodos Pozsony County, Dunaszerdahely riding, population

3) " Csiba Fai szöllök" (Csiba Tree grapes [Vineyard ?]), Sövényháza, Csongrád County, Tiszáninneni riding ( centrum: Kis-kun-dorozsma),

4) "Csiba rét" (Csiba meadow), Nagy-halász, Szabolcs County, Nyír-bogdány riding, ( Centrum: Kemecse),population 90,

5) Csiba-Völgy" (Csiba Valley),south of centre of Iváncsa {1864: Csibavölgy : FMTÉ 6:263] A. m . Csiba [1478 Thomas Chyba; OklSz 126] Source: Csiba GEO. File #4

6) "Nagyabony", Village, KK.,Pozsony County, Duna-szerda-hely riding. 183 houses, population 1004, Hungarians, Roman Catholic and Protestant. Contains the following meadows: Bárányos,Lelkes, Szelle, Molnár tanya, Hodos. 3158 kat. Holds. District Secretariat and Registrar of Births and Deaths locally. District Court and Taxation Office: Pozsony, Gendarmerie, Railway Station,Telegraph Office: Duna-szerda-hely.Also refer: "Csallóköz Müemlékei" Kalligram Publishing, Bratislava.:" Nagyabony, colonised AD 1161-1173 COD.DIPL. IV. 1. 58 and VI. 2.. 188. Parish Church in 1761 by Csiba Imre.

Originally: Fel-abony. It was "destroyed" and repalced by Nagy-abony. Latin name: Oboni, Slovak: Velké Blahovo, Postcode 930 30.

7) "Somorja". Market town, (Mezö város). 25 km east of Pozsony (Bratislava). Latin name: Samaria (from Santa Maria), German: Sumarain, Slav: Schumarein, Slovak: Šamorin.

8) "Tejfalu" Village , together with Körvélyes mezö and Tejfalusi Sziget, population 748, Hungarian, 153 houses, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Somorja, 2596 Kataszter Holds,Public Notariat, Registrar of Births and Deaths locally. Telegraph office, District Court, Genarmerie, -72, XIII,. 40 (?),: Somorja

Variations of ancient names: Teue ( old Hungarian meaning 'colt'), Villa Timothei, Theifalu.

("Tej" is Hungarian for milk), Latin: Villa Lactis, German: Milchdorf. Slovak: Mliecno