One of several Slavic and Germanic
words used to describe the Romanian, Aromanian, Istro-Romanian, Timoc (Timok) Vlachs, and Megleno-Romanian
people...
Used as Vlach, Vlah, Valah, Valach, Olah, Voloh, Voloch, Woloch, Walach...
Originally referring to
Latin Speakers and specifically the Latin speaking shepherds of the Balkans, who became the modern day Romanians.
the region of Wallachia (Walachia) - as said in English is part of Romania, known in the past and
Romanian as both "Valahia" & "Teara Rumaneasca" (old
Romanian for "
Tara Romaneasca")- meaning The Romanian Land...