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Wallachia (other)
Wallachia (''Walachia'', ''Valachia'', ''Valahia'') is a historical and geographical region of Romania. Wallachia may also refer to: Places Generally regions inhabited by the Wallachs or Vlachs: * "Bogdano-Wallachia" (Bogdan's Wallachia), "Small Vallachia", "Valachia Minor", "Moldo-Wallachia", "Maurovlachia", "Black Wallachia", "Moldovlachia", "Rousso-Vlachia", "L'otra Wallachia" (the "other Wallachia"), alternate names for Moldavia, a region in eastern Romania *Morlachia, a region in modern Croatia *Cisalpine Wallachia/Walachia Citeriore (also called "Vulaska", "Vlaska", "Valachia", "Vlaskozemski", Parvan vallachiam, etc.), alternate names for Banat, a region in south western Romania * Great Wallachia, a region in Thessaly, Greece * Greater Wallachia (Muntenia), a region in Romania east of the Olt River * Little Wallachia (other) * Lesser Wallachia (Oltenia), a region in Romania west of the Olt River ** Imperial Wallachia, the name used for Oltenia under Habsburg occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia is traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia). Dobruja could sometimes be considered a third section due to its proximity and brief rule over it. Wallachia as a whole is sometimes referred to as Muntenia through identification with the larger of the two traditional sections. Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early 14th century by Basarab I after a rebellion against Charles I of Hungary, although the first mention of the territory of Wallachia west of the river Olt dates to a charter given to the voivode Seneslau in 1246 by Béla IV of Hungary. In 1417, Wallachia was forced to accept the suzerainty of the Ottoman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Valachia Of Moscopole And Metsovon
Moscopole or Voskopoja ( sq, Voskopojë; rup, Moscopole, with several other variants; el, Μοσχόπολις, Moschopolis) is a village in Korçë County in southeastern Albania. During the 18th century, it was the cultural and commercial center of the Aromanians. At its peak, in the mid 18th century, it hosted the first printing house in the Ottoman Balkans outside Constantinople, educational institutions and numerous churches. It became a leading center of Greek culture, but also of symbiotic Albanian–Aromanian culture and with great influence from Western civilization. One view attributes the decline of the city to a series of raids by Muslim Albanian bandits. Moscopole was initially attacked and almost destroyed by those groups in 1769 following the participation of the residents in the preparations for a Greek revolt supported by the Russian Empire. Its destruction culminated with the abandoning and destruction of 1788. Moscopole, once a prosperous city, was reduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volokh (other)
Volokh may refer to: * Ilia Volok (Ilia Volokh), Ukrainian actor * Eugene Volokh (born 1968), Ukrainian-American legal scholar ** The Volokh Conspiracy, a blog associated with Eugene Volokh See also * Wallach * Wallach (other) * Oláh (other) * Wallachia (other) Wallachia (''Walachia'', ''Valachia'', ''Valahia'') is a historical and geographical region of Romania. Wallachia may also refer to: Places Generally regions inhabited by the Wallachs or Vlachs: * "Bogdano-Wallachia" (Bogdan's Wallachia), "Smal ... * Vlach, a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. * Walhaz, the Germanic root for the word {{surname Ukrainian-language surnames Surnames of Ukrainian origin Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlach
"Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance-speaking subgroups of Central and Eastern Europe. As a contemporary term, in the English language, the Vlachs are the Balkan Romance languages, Balkan Romance-speaking peoples who live Balkans, south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania, Bulgaria, northern Greece, North Macedonia, and eastern Serbia as native ethnic groups, such as the Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and the Vlachs of Serbia, Timok Romanians. The term also became a synonym in the Balkans for the social category of shepherds, and was also used for non-Romance-speaking peoples, in recent times in the Balkans#Western Balkans, western Balkans derogatively. The term is also used to refer to the ethnographic group of Moravian Wallachia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oláh (surname)
Oláh or Olah is a Hungarian language surname, which means "Romanian", derived from the word ''volách'', and from that ''vlach'', meaning "Italian" or "speaker of a Romance language".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Olah Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2016. It's unclear how the surname came about. People who have this surname might have Romanian ancestry and possibly went through a process of Magyarization in the past. Related names include Vlach and Olasz. The surname may refer to: *Adrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian football player * Dávid Oláh (born 1988), Hungarian football player *Franz Olah (1910–2009), Austrian politician * George Olah (1927-2017), Hungarian chemist * Gergő Oláh (footballer) (born 1989), Hungarian football player *Gergő Oláh (singer) (born 1988), Hungarian singer * Ibolya Oláh (born 1978), Hungarian singer *István Oláh (1926–1985), Hungarian politician *Karin Olah (born 1977), American artist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaus Olahus
Nicolaus Olahus (Latin for ''Nicholas, the Vlach''; hu, Oláh Miklós; ro, Nicolae Valahul); 10 January 1493 – 15 January 1568) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Catholic prelate, humanist and historiographer. Early life His father, Stephen ( ro, Ștefan), a nephew of John Hunyadi, Voivode of Transylvania, was of Romanian descent from his father's side; his mother was Barbara ( hu, Borbála) Huszár.Markó 2006, p. 243 His autobiographical notes and correspondence throw light on his life. After having studied at the Chapter School of Várad (now Oradea, Romania) from 1505 to 1512, he became a page at the court of Ladislaus II, but shortly afterwards chose an ecclesiastical career, and was ordained a priest in 1516 or 1518. While acting as secretary to George Szatmári, Bishop of Pécs,Markó 2006, p. 328 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste ( hy, Սուրբ Վլասի, ''Surb Vlasi''; el, Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, ''Agios Vlasios''; ) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. Blaise is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February; in the Eastern Churches, on 11 February. According to the ''Acta Sanctorum'', he was martyred by being beaten, tortured with iron combs, and beheaded. Sources The first reference to Blaise is the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus (c. AD 500) where his aid is invoked in treating objects stuck in the throat. Marco Polo reported the place where "Messer Saint Blaise obtained the glorious crown of martyrdom", Sebastea; the shrine near the citadel mount was mentioned by William of Rubruck in 1253. However, it appears to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieremia Valahul
Jeremiah of Wallachia (born 29 June 1556 - 26 February 1625) was a Romanian-born Capuchin lay brother who spent his entire adult life serving as an infirmarian of the Order in Italy. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 30 October 1983, the first of his nation to be so honored. Born Ion Costist or Ioan (John) Costişte, he emigrated to Naples during his adolescence. Also known as Geremia from Wallachia, he became noted for his careful attention to the merciful works and to the care of the poor. His vision of the Blessed Mother resulted in one of the best known images created of him. Life He was born Ioan (John) Costişte in a village in the Principality of Moldavia (Wallachia) to Margareta Bărbat and Stoica Costişte (Kostist), who were prosperous farmers. Few details have survived of his childhood and youth, other than that as a child he had developed the conviction that he wanted to go to Italy because that was where the best Christians were to be found. His mother told him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Wallachia
The Kingdom of Wallachia ( cs, Valašské kralovství), named after the region of Moravian Wallachia, is a tongue-in-cheek recessionary association that was founded in 1997 by the photographer Tomáš Harabiš as an "elaborate practical joke". The location is in the southeast corner of the Czech Republic. Since foundation a reported 80,000 Czech citizens have acquired "Wallachian Passports". After the official proclamation of the Wallachian kingdom in 1997, actor Bolek Polívka Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films. Career Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from t ... was enthroned as King Boleslav I ''the Gracious'' with his coronation occurring at a lavish ceremony in 2000. The "Government" led by Tomáš Harabiš established state institutions and issued passports to around 80,000 officially Czech citizens. A new c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallacia, New South Wales
Wallacia is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Formerly a rural village it is west of the Sydney GPO (General Post Office), in the local government areas of the City of Penrith, City of Liverpool and Wollondilly Shire. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History Originally the region was called Riverview, but later became known locally as Wallace after Robert Wallace who grazed cattle on the that he rented from Sir Charles Nicholson 1st Bt. of Luddenham. His house became the unofficial Post Office from November 1885, situated at the rear of what is now the Wallacia Store and Newsagents. By 1897, a school built in the area was known as Wallace School. When the Post Office became official in November 1905, the G.P.O. named the area Boondah, as the name Wallace was already in use elsewhere in New South Wales. However, local people objected and to retain the link with Wallace, they suggested that the area be called Wallacia. This name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Halmahera, Buru, Seram, and many smaller islands. The islands of Wallacea lie between the Sunda Shelf (the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali) to the west, and the Sahul Shelf including Australia and New Guinea to the south and east. The total land area of Wallacea is . Geography Wallacea is defined as the series of islands stretching between the two continental shelves of Sunda and Sahul, but excluding the Philippines. Its eastern border (separating Wallacea from Sahul) is represented by a zoogeographical boundary known as Lydekker's Line, while the Wallace Line (separating Wallacea from Sunda) defines its western border. The Weber Line is the midpoint, at which Asian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Wallachia
White Wallachia (Greek: Ασπροβλαχία, romanized: ''Asprovlachía)'', sometimes referred to simply as Vlachia, Wallachia or Asen's Wallachia by Western sources, was a rarely used Byzantine term for the region between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains. The name most likely originated in the region’s notable Vlach population, similarly to Great Wallachia in Thessaly, or Little Wallachia, in Aetolia-Acarnania. Starting in 1185, the Bulgarians and Vlachs living in the region revolted against the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II. After the success of the uprising, it became the core of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Due to the early proeminence of the Tsardom’s Vlach element, western sources, who first came into contact with it during the Third and Fourth Crusades, and even Byzantine sources, like Niketas Choniates, refer to the new Bulgarian state as Vlach. Thus, the French knights Guillaume de Rubrouquis and Geoffroy de Villehardouin refer to ''Asen's Wallachia'', and the fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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