Romania
a republic in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
Origin of Romania
1- Romanian Ro·mâ·nia [raw-muh-nyah] /rɔˈmʌ nyɑ/ .
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How to use Romania in a sentence
Next door in Romania, a historical figure nicknamed Vlad the Impaler inspired the first mainstream depiction of a vampire.
Though vampire legends exist the world over, Romania and Bulgaria have born the brunt of the attention.
In the end, he was easily confirmed as ambassador to Romania.
In 1945, along with whoever survived from his family, he returned to Romania.
Norman Manea Survived the Nazis and the Communists and Lived to Write About It | Costica Bradatan | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNorman Manea grew up doubly cursed: first he had to survive the Nazis and then the communist dictators in his native Romania.
Norman Manea Survived the Nazis and the Communists and Lived to Write About It | Costica Bradatan | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Romania, futile expedition into, 59; union to Barbaricum, 137.
Theodoric the Goth | Thomas HodgkinA note on the sources of the 8th novel of the 5th day of the Decameron, in Romania, xxix , p. 85 et seq.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonAt Rhodes we hired a smaller ship, that we might proceed more rapidly, and then returned to the coast of Romania.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.The venerable Dandolo was proclaimed despot of Romania, and invested after the Greek fashion with the purple buskins.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonThe period from 1878 to 1918 brought significant advances in Romania, largely in the economic and political fields.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for Romania
Rumania or Roumania
/ (rəʊˈmeɪnɪə) /
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea: united in 1861; became independent in 1878; Communist government set up in 1945; became a socialist republic in 1965; a more democratic regime was installed after a revolution in 1989; joined the EU in 2007. It consists chiefly of a great central arc of the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps, with the plains of Walachia, Moldavia, and Dobriya on the south and east and the Pannonian Plain in the west Official language: Romanian. Religion: Romanian Orthodox (Christian) majority. Currency: leu. Capital: Bucharest Pop: 21 790 479 (2013 est). Area: 237 500 sq km (91 699 sq miles)
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Cultural definitions for Romania
Republic in southeastern Europe on the northeast Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Hungary to the northwest, Ukraine to the northeast, Moldova and the Black Sea to the east, Bulgaria to the south, and the former Yugoslavia to the southwest. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest.
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