- 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: 19 679 306 (2017 est). Area: 237 500 sq km (91 699 sq miles)
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Ro•ma•ni•a
(rō mā′nē ə, -mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
Ro•mâ•nia (rô mu′nyä; Eng. rō mā′nē ə, -mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km).Cap.: Bucharest.
Ro•mâ•nia (rô mu′nyä; Eng. rō mā′nē ə, -mān′yə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesRomanian name of
Romania.
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Romania /rəʊˈmeɪnɪə/, Rumania, Roumania n
'Romania' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bacău
- Balkan States
- Banat
- Basescu
- Bessarabia
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
- Brăila
- Braşov
- Bucharest
- Carol II
- Carpathian Mountains
- Ceauşescu
- Cluj
- Constanţa
- Dacia
- Dobruja
- Elizabeth
- European Union
- Ferdinand I
- Galaţi
- Hungarian
- Iaşi
- Ionesco
- Iron Gate
- Marie
- Michael
- Moldavia
- Mureş
- Oradea
- patriarch
- Ploeşti
- Prut
- realgar
- Robinson
- Rom.
- Romanian
- Roumania
- Rumania
- Sibiu
- Siret
- Timişoara
- Tîrgu Mureş
- Tisza
- Transylvania
- Transylvanian Alps
- Tzara
- Walachia
- Walachian
- Warsaw Pact
- Rom