Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a people forming the principal ethnic group of Romania, also located in small populations in other parts of the Balkan Peninsula.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Wallachian .
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- noun
Wallachian ,Romanian ; any member of an Eastern Romance speaking group.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This Bulgarian state included a large 'Vlach' element descended from those
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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In it, the researchers Rita Simpson-Vlach and Nick Ellis summarise these convergences:
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Deryn narrowed her eyes—this was no Turk, or Vlach, or Kurd, or whatever else they had here in Istanbul.
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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I was reminded of the fine feta from the Vlach village of Samarina, whose sheep enjoy the highest, most variegated wild flower grazing in Greece.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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I was reminded of the fine feta from the Vlach village of Samarina, whose sheep enjoy the highest, most variegated wild flower grazing in Greece.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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(See Vlach 1973 and Kamp 1973 for early examples of semantic theories for indexicals that use double-indexing.)
Again 2009
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The publication of Barwise 1981 in the Journal of Philosophy was followed by two papers providing commentary: Higginbotham 1983 in the same journal, and Vlach 1983 in Synthese.
Situations in Natural Language Semantics Kratzer, Angelika 2009
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AlbaniaAlbanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Languages 2008
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Languages: Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Albania 2008
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The origin of the Orthodox monasteries remains unclear; they may have been established by Albanian, Vlach, Macedonian, or Bulgarian Orthodox Christians.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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