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...