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The name "România" as common homeland of the Romanians is first documented in the early 19th century. [28] The name "Romania" (România) was first brought to Paris by young Romanian intellectuals in the 1840s, where it was spelled "Roumanie" in order to differentiate Romanians (fr.: Roumains) from Romans (fr.: Romains). The French spelling ...
The names of the longest rivers in Romania— those longer than 500 kilometers [note 7] —are thought to be of Dacian origin. [566] About twenty of their tributaries had names with probable Indo-European roots, also suggesting a Dacian etymology. [note 8] [567] The Romans adopted the native names of the longest rivers after they conquered Dacia.
"Romania" derives from the local name for Romanian (Romanian: român), which in turn derives from Latin romanus, meaning "Roman" or "of Rome". [11] This ethnonym for Romanians is first attested in the 16th century by Italian humanists travelling in Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia.
Romania, a habitual reference in medieval Latin and Romance languages to the Byzantine Empire, or between 1204 and 1261 to the Latin Empire. It survived for a time in place names such as that of Nafplio, which in Italian was referred to as Napoli in Romania well into the modern era, or to this day in the Bosnian region of Romanija.
After the assassination of Prime Minister Armand Călinescu on 21 September King Carol II tried to maintain neutrality for several months longer, but the surrender of the Third French Republic and the retreat of British forces from continental Europe rendered the assurances that both countries had made to Romania meaningless. [273] Romania ...
This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire. ... Romania, Moldova: Dalmatia [7] Montenegro: Dania: Denmark:
These emperors originated from Italica, which would give great prestige to the former Spanish colony in Rome. Both emperors were particularly generous to their hometown, expanding and revitalizing its economy. Hadrian ordered the construction of the nova urbs, the new city, a city that had only had slight activity over the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.
After the defeat of Frederick's son, Manfred, in 1266 Naples and the kingdom of Sicily were assigned by Pope Clement IV to Charles of Anjou, who moved the capital from Palermo to Naples. He settled in his new residence in the Castel Nuovo , around which a new district grew up, marked by palaces and residences of the nobility.