romania

UK/ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/US/ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Romania is the country of the Carpathian mountains and Dracula's castle. Travel to Romania, the Romania team, born in Romania.

Its language is Romance rather than Slavic, which makes Romania an island of Latin among its neighbours. The castle the tourists visit is Bran Castle, which the novel never actually describes.

Definitions of romania

1nounromaniaThe country of the Carpathian mountains and Dracula's castle.B1
“The train from Budapest crosses into Romania before dawn.”

romania is a country.

Where it comes from

Latin
Rōmānus — Roman
Romanian
România
English
Romania
English, today
romania

Built from

român · Romanian — Romanian

Romania comes from Romanian România, from român (“Romanian”) (in turn from Latin Rōmānus (“Roman”)) + -ia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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