I think I'll be adding some points on my to-visit map because of your posts! :) Well done :)

When I travel in Romania, this always amazes me how the city names have also Hungarian and German versions but then I realized some of our cities also have a long history of their names...

For instance the city of Stara Zagora (I spent few years there studying):
Original name - "Beroe" (by the Thracians I think)
Romans changed it to "Augusta Traiana" (I've been to Alba Iulia ;))
Then it was "Vereya"
Later Greeks changed it to "Irenopolis"
Between the Greek and the Turk slavery the city was called "Boruy" and "Zheleznik".
Under the Ottoman empire its name - "Eski Zagra"
After the liberation in 19th century it got its current name "Stara Zagora" that is a derivative from the last Turkish name, I think it means something like "old fortress".
Impressive, isn't it...