单词 | moldo-wallachian |
释义 | Moldo-Wallachianadj.n. Now historical and rare. A. adj. Of or relating to the joint principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.Originally independent feudal states, Moldavia and Wallachia were linked by joint rule under the Ottoman Empire from the 16th cent. and the Russian empire from the 18th cent., before uniting in 1861 to form Romania. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > countries of Eastern Europe > [adjective] > regions of Romania Moldavian1625 Wallachianc1791 Transylvanian1843 Moldo-Wallachian1848 Moldavo-Wallachian1971 Moldovan1990 1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 479 Thence two civilizations, two distinct societies: one Moldo-Wallachian and aristocratic; the other Illyrian and Mahometan; in Bosnia, anarchial; in Bulgaria, uncertain; in Servia, democratic. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 358 A promise that the whole of the Moldo-Wallachian network should be under one supervision. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 58 Napoleon was secretly planning a war with Austria during his advocacy of Moldo-Wallachian union. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 5 152 In 1853, when Russia again occupied the Moldo-Wallachian principalities, she called together the Bulgarian peasants and armed them. B. n. A native or inhabitant of either of the joint principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of other eastern provinces > [noun] Macedonian1582 Wallachian1603 Pomeranian1652 Moldo-Wallachian1852 Galician1903 1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. 31 538/2 The Hungarian patriots had not yet come to any understanding with the Moldo-Wallachians, or with Turkey. 1876 Harper's Mag. Mar. 481/2 Under Ottoman rule the Moldo-Wallachians enjoyed a long period of peace and comparative prosperity. 1929 W. G. East Union Moldavia & Wallachia iii. 54 The alleged desire of the Moldo-Wallachians to form one national state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1848 |
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