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valah.

Vlach, Romanian

5 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

adj/vaˈlah/

  1. Vlach, Romanian

    masculine · neuter

  2. Wallachian

    masculine · neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.

noun/vaˈlah/

  1. Vlach, Romanian

    masculine

  2. Wallachian

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Walache, from Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Used mostly as an exonym by other peoples for Romanian or Eastern Romance-speaking peoples in the Middle Ages. Compare român for the endonym. See also Aromanian vlah, Megleno-Romanian Vlași. Doublet of vlah and olah.

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