== Bacău is from a Cuman name == 

 The historian Victor Spinei showed that Bako is a name of Cuman origin, found among a lot of Turkic languages: Cuman, Turk, Pecheneg, Proto-Bulgar and Hungarian. Near Bacău there are a lot of places with Cuman names, starting with Comăneşti. 
 Also near Bacău there are a lot of artificial hills, constructed by Cumans to be used as tombs.