Walachei
German
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editWalachei f (proper noun, genitive Walachei)
- Wallachia (a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania)
- 2012, Birgitta Gabriela Hannover, Rumänien: Kunstschätze und Naturschönheiten, Trescher Verlag, →ISBN, page 224:
- Östlich des Eisernen Tores, unmittelbar hinter Drobeta-Turnu Severin, öffnet sich die rund 500 Kilometer lange und bis zu 150 Kilometer breite Ebene der Walachei.
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- Wallachia, Moravian Wallachia (a cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia)
- (colloquial, often derogatory) remote area
- 2012, Esther Verhoef, Berry Escober, Verschleppt: Thriller, Goldmann Verlag, →ISBN:
- Wadim reckte sich und stopfte sich ein Kissen in den Rücken. »Und wie kommst du drauf?« »Sie haben seinen Wagen in der Gegend von Valkenhorst gefunden, auf einer Straße mitten in der Walachei. Ausgebrannt.
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Further reading
edit- Walachei (Region) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Walachei” in Duden online
- “Walachei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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