Vlachs

[vlahk, vlak] Origin

Vlach

[vlahk, vlak]
noun
1.
a member of a people living in scattered communities in the Balkans.
2.
the Romanian dialect of these people.
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Vlach
"member of a Latin-speaking race of the Balkans, a Walachian or Romanian," 1841, from Bulg. vlakh or Serbian vlah, from O.C.S. vlakhu, a Slavic adoptation of Gmc. *walh (cf. O.E. wealh) "foreigner," especially applied to Celts and Latins (see Welsh).
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