Aromanian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Aromanian people or the Aromanian language.
noun
  1. A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern and central Albania, parts of North Macedonia, southwestern Bulgaria and Serbia; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.
name
  1. An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

Pronunciation

/æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aromanian.wav /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/

Word forms

Aromanian Aromanians

Etymology

From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.

Synonyms

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Aromanian terms Istro-Romanian Megleno-Romanian Moldavian Romanian Vlach
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