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How did Zagreb become Zagreb?

The legend says that a certain Ban met a beautiful girl – Manda, on the water-spring placed on the main square, and said to her: 'Mando, dušo zagrabi', which means: 'Mando, hand me some water'. From that moment the city is named Zagreb, and water-spring Manduševac.

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