Moldova
Sand Origin
Nistru river, between Vadul lui Voda and Dubasarii Vechi
Random Sand Fact
In Moldova, a town has sand in its coat of arms, because people believed its name meant sand.
In the town of Nisporeni, people have long believed that the name comes from nisip, the Romanian word for sand.
When the town was given its coat of arms, sand was drawn in as squares of gold and black, like grains of sand.
Why black? In heraldry, black is called sable in French, the same word as sand. In Romanian, the black of a coat of arms is even called nisip.
The name most likely comes from a man called Nisifor. But in the coat of arms, the people’s explanation lives on.
