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单词 Vlach
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Definition of Vlach in English:

Vlach

noun vlakvläk
  • A member of the indigenous population of Romania and Moldova, claiming descent from the inhabitants of the Roman province of Dacia.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here, living side by side, are Turks, Greeks, Gypsies, Albanians, Jews, Vlachs, Serbs, as well as the Macedonians who form the greater part of the population.
    • Turks, Slavs, Albanians, Greeks, Vlachs, Jews, and Roma often lived together in multiethnic communities.
    • The majority of the country's population of 3,360,000 consists of Albanians in addition to assorted minorities: Greeks, Bulgarians, Gypsies, Macedonians, Serbs, Jews, and Vlachs.
    • They identify themselves as Vlachs or old Romanians and differentiate themselves distinctly from Roma, although they are aware of a certain relationship.

Origin

From a Slavic word meaning 'foreigner', from a Germanic word related to Old English Wælisc (see Welsh). Compare with Wallachia.

Rhymes

arc, ark, Bach, bark, barque, Braque, Clark, clerk, dark, embark, hark, impark, Iraq, Ladakh, Lamarck, lark, macaque, marc, mark, marque, narc, nark, Newark, park, quark, sark, shark, snark, spark, stark
 
 

Definition of Vlach in US English:

Vlach

nounvläk
  • A member of the indigenous population of Romania and Moldova, claiming descent from the inhabitants of the Roman province of Dacia.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Turks, Slavs, Albanians, Greeks, Vlachs, Jews, and Roma often lived together in multiethnic communities.
    • Here, living side by side, are Turks, Greeks, Gypsies, Albanians, Jews, Vlachs, Serbs, as well as the Macedonians who form the greater part of the population.
    • The majority of the country's population of 3,360,000 consists of Albanians in addition to assorted minorities: Greeks, Bulgarians, Gypsies, Macedonians, Serbs, Jews, and Vlachs.
    • They identify themselves as Vlachs or old Romanians and differentiate themselves distinctly from Roma, although they are aware of a certain relationship.
adjectivevläk
  • Relating to the Vlach.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'll admit to some prejudice on this topic, since my grandparents were ethnic Vlach immigrants from southeastern Albania.
    • Many, perhaps most, of these troops from the frontier were Orthodox Vlach or Serb immigrants from Ottoman-ruled Bosnia.

Origin

From a Slavic word meaning ‘foreigner’, from a Germanic word related to Old English Wælisc (see Welsh). Compare with Wallachia.

 
 
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