Wallachia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Wallachian adjective
Example Sentences
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At the center of Stoker’s research when writing “Dracula,” was a Romanian warlord named Vlad III who went by many other names: Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Dracula and also Voivode of Wallachia.
From Salon
The peptides also allowed Pittalá's team to explore the wider context of Dracula's life as the environmental conditions of latter-year 15th century Wallachia.
From Salon
He reportedly visited the Whitby Museum to explore the history of these vessels, as well as a local library, where he came upon William Wilkinson’s book The Accounts of Principalities of Wallachia and Moldova.
From National Geographic
He is related, he says, to Vlad the Impaler, the one-time ruler of Wallachia, a region to the south, and the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
From New York Times
The vessels collided and the Wallachia sank within 25 minutes.
From BBC
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