Wallachia

Wallachia
Wallachian, adj., n.
/wo lay"kee euh/, n.
a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Rumania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest.
Also, Walachia.

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