Wallachia
Proper noun
Meaning
A former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of South Romania.
Coordinate terms: Moldavia, Transylvania
A historical part of north-east Moravia.
Synonym: Moravian Wallachia
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According to the charter, he was subject to Charles I of Hungary as the voivode of Wallachia.
Ardeal/Erdel was the name of Transylvania, and Kara Iflak, "Northern Wallachia" was either Wallachia, north of the Balkan territories inhabited by Vlachs, or Moldavia (north of Wallachia).
Giurescu, p.122, 127 The treaty also allowed Moldavia and Wallachia to freely trade with countries other than the Ottoman Empire, which signalled substantial economic and urban growth, as well as improving the peasant situation.
In the volume: The other Europe from the Middle Ages, Edited by Florin Curta, Brill 2008, p. 394 Black Wallachia Mavrovlachia (Black Wallachia) is another name of Moldavia.
For long periods after the 14th century, Wallachia was referred to as Vlaško (Влашко) by Bulgarian sources, Vlaška (Влашка) by Serbian sources and Walachei or Walachey by German-speaking ( Transylvanian Saxon ) sources.
It exhibits some cultural influences from the Vlach shepherds who migrated from Wallachia (southern Romania) in the 14th–17th centuries.