English Explanatory Dictionary

Wallachia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.
  2. A cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia.

Pronunciation

/wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Wallachia.wav

Word forms

Wallachia Walachia

Etymology

From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach.

Derived words

Wallachian
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