Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of southeast Romania between the Transylvanian Alps and the Danube River. Founded as a principality c. 1290, it was dominated by the Ottoman Empire from c. 1415 until it was united with Moldavia to form Romania (1862).
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- proper noun A former principality in Eastern
Europe , now part of SouthRomania . - proper noun A historical part of north-east
Moravia .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They got over the Danube into Wallachia, which is the southern part of modern-day Romania.
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'Muntenia' (Mountain Land), commonly known as Wallachia and 'Moldavia', came into being.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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I came from Vienna here down the Danube, but I daresay I shall not go farther by the river, but shall travel through the country to Bucharest in Wallachia, which is the next place I intend to visit; but Hungary is a widely different country to
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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Visigothic nation flocked southward through the region which is now called Wallachia, and, standing on the northern shore of the Danube, prayed for admission within the province of Mœsia and the Empire of
Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872
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They got over the Danube into Wallachia, which is the southern part of modern-day Romania.
Filmstalker 2009
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= 'Ab hoc Flacco uolunt quidam Valachiam [' Wallachia '] fuisse dictam olim _Flacciam_, quod nomen sensim corruptela sermonis transiit in Valachiam.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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'Wallachia's teachings and preachings have all been thrown to the wind,
He Knew He Was Right Anthony Trollope 1848
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Independent churches that had broken away from Constantinople such as Wallachia and Georgia, were forcibly returned to Byzantine control.
orrologion 2009
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Watson racked up a total of $77,147 during competition after wagering $17,973 that "Who is Bram Stoker?" was the correct question to the clue: "William Wilkinson's 'An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia' inspired this author's most famous novel."
On 'Jeopardy!,' rise of the machine: Computer competitor rakes in ratings Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Watson racked up a total of $77,147 during competition after wagering $17,973 that "Who is Bram Stoker?" was the correct question to the clue: "William Wilkinson's 'An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia' inspired this author's most famous novel."
On 'Jeopardy!,' rise of the machine: Computer competitor rakes in ratings Lisa de Moraes 2011
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