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Valahia (general region) |
Note: Area of Romania between Danube river and Transylvanian Alps; inhabitants are both Slavic and descended from Roman colonists of Dacia; Michael the Bold annexed Moldavia and Transylvania early 17th century; ruled by Constantinople from 1716, then Austria and Russia. |
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Valahia (preferred,C,V)
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Eflâk (C,V)
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Walachia (C,O)
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Walachije (C,O)
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Wallachia (C,O)
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Wallachian (C,V,English,U,A)
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Valahia (general region) (P) |
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general region (preferred, C) |
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principality (H) |
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under Radul Negru, from early 14th cen. |
tributary (political) (H) |
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of Turks, 15th cen. |
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