Wallachia

English

Romania with Wallachia highlighted in yellow.

Czech Republic with Moravian Wallachia in red.

Alternative forms

• Walachia

Etymology

From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/

Proper noun

Wallachia

1. A former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of South Romania.

   Coordinate terms: Moldavia, Transylvania

2. A historical part of north-east Moravia.

   Synonym: Moravian Wallachia

Derived terms

• Wallachian

Translations

region in Romania

• Albanian: Vllahi f (indefinite), Vllahia f (definite)

  Old Albanian: Gogëni (Gheg), Gogëri (Tosk)

• Arabic: اَلأَفْلَاق (al-ʔaflāq)
• Armenian: Վալախիա (Valaxia)
• Basque: Valakia
• Bavarian: Wolochei f
• Belarusian: Вала́хія f (Valáxija)
• Bulgarian: Влашко n (Vlaško)
• Catalan: Valàquia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦拉幾亞／瓦拉几亚 (zh) (wǎlājīyà)

• Czech: Valašsko (cs) n
• Danish: Valakiet
• Dutch: Walachije
• Esperanto: Valaĥio
• Estonian: Valahhia
• Finnish: Valakia (fi)
• French: Valachie (fr) f
• Georgian: ვლახეთი (vlaxeti)
• German: Walachei (de) f
• Greek: Βλαχία (el) f (Vlachía)
• Hebrew: ולאכיה
• Hungarian: Havasalföld (hu)
• Ido: Valakia (io)
• Italian: Valacchia f
• Japanese: ワラキア (warakia)
• Korean: 왈라키아 (wallakia)
• Latvian: Valahija f
• Lithuanian: Valakija f
• Macedonian: Вла́шко n (Vláško)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Valakia f

  Nynorsk: Valakia f

• Ottoman Turkish: افلاق (eflak)
• Persian: والاشی (vâlâši), افلاخونیه (eflâxuniye) (archaic)
• Polish: Wołoszczyzna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Valáquia (pt) f
• Romanian: Țara Românească (ro) f, Valahia (ro) f
• Russian: Вала́хия (ru) f (Valáxija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вла̏шка̄ f

  Roman: Vlȁškā (sh) f

• Slovak: Valašsko n
• Slovene: Vlaška f
• Spanish: Valaquia f
• Swedish: Valakiet
• Turkish: Eflak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Воло́щина (uk) f (Volóščyna)
• Welsh: Walachia f

region in Moravia

• Bavarian: Wolochei f
• Czech: Valašsko (cs)
• German: Mährische Walachei f
• Russian: Вала́хия (ru) f (Valáxija)
• Slovak: Valašsko

Further reading

• Wallachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moravian Wallachia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chaiwalla