… The name Wallachia was mainly used by foreigners, and Romanians today divide the region into Muntenia and Oltenia, separated by the Olt River. Historically, however, it has been called Tara Româneascǎ (meaning "Land of the Romans"). In the Middle Ages, the Slavs who lived around here called the descendants of the Dacian Romans, who spoke Romance languages, Vlah or Valah, and so the term Wallachia, meaning "Land of the Vlahs," was born, and this term spread to the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe. Depending on the era, the term Vlahs is broadly divided into (1) the original Romanians, (2) Romanians in general, and (3) the inhabitants of the Principality of Wallachia. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "valah" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… ワラキアという名称はおもに外国人によって用いられたもので,現在のルーマニア人はこれをオルト川を境にムンテニアMuntenia地方とオルテニアOltenia地方に分けて呼んでいるが,歴史上はツァーラ・ロムネヤスカTara Româneascǎ(〈ローマ人の国〉の意)と呼ばれてきた。中世このあたりに住んでいたスラブ人が,ダキア・ローマ人の子孫でロマンス語系の言葉を話す人びとをブラフ人Vlah,Valahと呼んだところからブラフ人の国,つまりワラキアという言葉が生まれ,それがビザンティン帝国や西欧へひろまったのである。ブラフ人という言葉はその時代により,(1)原ルーマニア人を指す場合,(2)一般にルーマニア人を指す場合,(3)ワラキア公国の住民を指す場合とに大別される。… ※「valah」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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