Definition of Wallachian in English:
Wallachian
adjectivewəˈleɪkɪənwɑˈleɪkiən
Relating to or characteristic of the former European principality of Wallachia or its inhabitants.
the first dynasty of Wallachian kings
Example sentencesExamples
- Integrated life during the long era of Ottoman domination has helped to shape Wallachian cookery in the Balkan mould.
- The dreaded 15th-century Wallachian ruler had a nasty predilection for punishing disobedient subjects by impaling them on huge spikes, then setting them in the ground.
- In Wallachian lore, a person who died unexpectedly was highly suspect of becoming a vampire.
- He was a Wallachian prince who also became known as Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler.
- We were already entering a different zone, leaving the arid continental climate of Bucharest and the Wallachian plain.
nounwəˈleɪkɪənwɑˈleɪkiən
A native or inhabitant of the former European principality of Wallachia.
the Wallachians were in open revolt
Example sentencesExamples
- In trade and crafts, the Jews found themselves in competition with many other communities in the Balkans, including Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Wallachians and Turks.
- He was a Wallachian with a small hat.
- In the thirteenth century the Wallachians also created a first principality in what is now southern Rumania and strengthened Bulgaria by their cooperation.
- Some twenty years later the Wallachians were in open revolt and became independent of the Byzantine Empire.
- All citizens of Macedonia from all ethnic backgrounds - Macedonians, Turks, Roma, Wallachians and Serbians - would within a few days stand behind a new civil constitution which would guarantee equal rights to all citizens of the republic.
Definition of Wallachian in US English:
Wallachian
adjectivewäˈlākēənwɑˈleɪkiən
Relating to or characteristic of the former European principality of Wallachia or its inhabitants.
the first dynasty of Wallachian kings
Example sentencesExamples
- In Wallachian lore, a person who died unexpectedly was highly suspect of becoming a vampire.
- We were already entering a different zone, leaving the arid continental climate of Bucharest and the Wallachian plain.
- Integrated life during the long era of Ottoman domination has helped to shape Wallachian cookery in the Balkan mould.
- The dreaded 15th-century Wallachian ruler had a nasty predilection for punishing disobedient subjects by impaling them on huge spikes, then setting them in the ground.
- He was a Wallachian prince who also became known as Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler.
nounwäˈlākēənwɑˈleɪkiən
A native or inhabitant of the former European principality of Wallachia.
the Wallachians were in open revolt
Example sentencesExamples
- In trade and crafts, the Jews found themselves in competition with many other communities in the Balkans, including Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Wallachians and Turks.
- In the thirteenth century the Wallachians also created a first principality in what is now southern Rumania and strengthened Bulgaria by their cooperation.
- Some twenty years later the Wallachians were in open revolt and became independent of the Byzantine Empire.
- All citizens of Macedonia from all ethnic backgrounds - Macedonians, Turks, Roma, Wallachians and Serbians - would within a few days stand behind a new civil constitution which would guarantee equal rights to all citizens of the republic.
- He was a Wallachian with a small hat.