Eflak

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish افلاق (eflak, “Wallachia”), from Old Church Slavonic влахъ m (vlaxŭ, “a Roman; a Vlach”), from Proto-Slavic *vòlxъ m (“a Roman”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *walhaz m (“a non-Germanic foreigner, aCelt; later a Roman”).

Proper noun

Eflak

  1. Wallachia (a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania)
  2. Wallachia, Moravian Wallachia (a cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia)
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