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-Maritsan (/məˈɹitsən/ [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation mə-RĒ-tsn]), also called Ebrusian /ɛbɹuʃən/ (ĕ-BRO͞O-shn) (autonym: Ebrusy [ɛbrusɨ] (Εβρουση, Εβρουσυι, ەبروسى، إَبرُسِ) is a Western [[Chlesamnic |Chlesamnic]] Language spoken in eastern Greece.
+Maritsan (/məˈɹitsən/ [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation mə-RĒ-tsn]), also called Ebrusian /ɛbɹuʃən/ (ĕ-BRO͞O-shn) (autonym: Ebrusy [ɛbrusɨ] (Εβρουση, Εβρουσυι, ەبروسى، إَبرُسِ) is a Western [[Chlesamnic |Chlesamnic]] Language spoken in eastern Greece. This language is spoken near the Maritsa (Native: Ebrus).
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+==Etymology==
+The English name ultimately comes from Bulgarian Мари́ца (maríca), it came from Thracian *māras / *māros plus -ица, the Bulgarian feminine noun suffix, coming from Proto-Slavic *-ica. The Thracian term either meant “marsh; bog” or “great; significant”.
+The Maritsan autonym, Ebrusy coincidentally also came from Thracian *ebrus, their name for the river, but *ebrus came from Thracian *ebru meaning wide. The -y suffix is the plural vocative suffix, as all languages are in the vocative plural form as a base. The -y suffix came from Proto-Chlesamnic *-áus.