Romania

[ roh-mey-nee-uh, ‐meyn-yuh ]

/ roʊˈmeɪ ni ə, ‐ˈmeɪn yə /

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noun

a republic in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.

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Romanian Ro·mâ·nia

[raw-muh-nyah] /rɔˈmʌ nyɑ/ .

Origin of Romania

First recorded in 1800–05 as (Roumania); from French Roumanie, from Romanian România Romania, ultimately from Latin adjective Rōmānus “Roman” + -ia noun suffix; in English Romania has been the predominant spelling since around 1975; Romania is also the official English-language spelling used by the Romanian government

Words nearby Romania

Romanes, Romanesque, roman-fleuve, Roman holiday, Romani, Romania, Romanian, Romanic, romanicite, Romanism, Romanist

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How to use Romania in a sentence

Shannon Finnell combines the domestic and the international with a photo-within-a-photo of a person in Romania holding a picture of a person looking out a window.
In the galleries: Artists examine the divide between people and their surroundings|Mark Jenkins|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
If Fauteux, now 37, had lived in a country like Hungary or Italy or Spain or Romania at the time, she wouldn’t have had to return to work so soon to keep earning a paycheck.
Are Childcare and Paid Leave ‘Infrastructure’? Nearly $2 Trillion for Families May Hinge on Congress’ Answer|Abby Vesoulis|May 11, 2021|Time
Romania has recorded more than a million coronavirus cases and over 29,000 deaths since the pandemic began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Free COVID-19 Vaccines Are Luring Visitors to Dracula's Castle in Transylvania|Megan McCluskey|May 10, 2021|Time
Collective, directed by Alexander Nanau, is the story of that scandal and the journalists who broke it, and though it takes place in Romania, its significance is universal.
8 Oscar-Nominated Movies and Performances You May Not Have Seen—But Should|Stephanie Zacharek|April 19, 2021|Time

No matter how far away from Romania you live, these people are your neighbors.
Oscar-Nominated Documentary Collective Is a Gripping Story of Investigative Journalism|Stephanie Zacharek|March 24, 2021|Time
Next door in Romania, a historical figure nicknamed Vlad the Impaler inspired the first mainstream depiction of a vampire.
Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards|Nina Strochlic|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Though vampire legends exist the world over, Romania and Bulgaria have born the brunt of the attention.
Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards|Nina Strochlic|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the end, he was easily confirmed as ambassador to Romania.
D.C.'s Lesbian Power Wedding|Eleanor Clift|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1945, along with whoever survived from his family, he returned to Romania.
Norman Manea Survived the Nazis and the Communists and Lived to Write About It|Costica Bradatan|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Norman Manea grew up doubly cursed: first he had to survive the Nazis and then the communist dictators in his native Romania.
Norman Manea Survived the Nazis and the Communists and Lived to Write About It|Costica Bradatan|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Romania, futile expedition into, 59; union to Barbaricum, 137.
Theodoric the Goth|Thomas Hodgkin
A note on the sources of the 8th novel of the 5th day of the Decameron, in Romania, xxix , p. 85 et seq.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
At Rhodes we hired a smaller ship, that we might proceed more rapidly, and then returned to the coast of Romania.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.
The venerable Dandolo was proclaimed despot of Romania, and invested after the Greek fashion with the purple buskins.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
The period from 1878 to 1918 brought significant advances in Romania, largely in the economic and political fields.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for Romania

Romania

Rumania or Roumania

/ (rəʊˈmeɪnɪə) /

noun

a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea: united in 1861; became independent in 1878; Communist government set up in 1945; became a socialist republic in 1965; a more democratic regime was installed after a revolution in 1989; joined the EU in 2007. It consists chiefly of a great central arc of the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps, with the plains of Walachia, Moldavia, and Dobriya on the south and east and the Pannonian Plain in the west Official language: Romanian. Religion: Romanian Orthodox (Christian) majority. Currency: leu. Capital: Bucharest Pop: 21 790 479 (2013 est). Area: 237 500 sq km (91 699 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Romania

Romania

Republic in southeastern Europe on the northeast Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Hungary to the northwest, Ukraine to the northeast, Moldova and the Black Sea to the east, Bulgaria to the south, and the former Yugoslavia to the southwest. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest.

notes for Romania

During World War II, Romania was allied to the Axis Powers but joined the Allies in 1944.

notes for Romania

Occupied by Soviet troops in 1944, Romania became a people's republic on the model of the Soviet Union in 1947.

notes for Romania

A former Eastern Bloc country, Romania was ruled in the 1970s and 1980s by communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was overthrown and executed during a bloody revolution in 1989. (See collapse of communism.)