Romania
Topic: News (Jul 9, 2006)
The name of Romania (România) comes from Român (Romanian) which is a derivative of the word Romanus (“Roman”) from Latin.
The oldest surviving document written in the Romanian language is a 1521 letter which notifies the mayor of BraÅŸov about the imminent attack of the Ottoman Turks. This document is also notable for having the first occurrence of “Rumanian”, Wallachia being here named The Rumanian Land – Å¢eara Rumânească (Å¢eara < Latin Terra = land).
In the following centuries, Romanian documents use both forms: Român and Rumân. It was only in the 19th century, with the rise of nationalism that the form Român was fixed as an official spelling in order to emphasise the linguistic connection to ancient Rome.
Romanians take pride in being the easternmost Romance people, completely surrounded by non-Latin peoples (“Romania is a Latin island in a Slavic sea”).
(Source: Wikipedia article about Romania)
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romania is a beautiful country,but it don`t have live conditions like other countries….sorry!
Comment by diana — March 29, 2007 @ 6:53 am
i am half romanian and i have moved over to england which is soooo much different i have 1 thing to say to all you romanians out there “luibi,luibi”
Comment by bitanee — June 11, 2007 @ 2:49 pm