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The name of Romania (România) comes from the Romanian Român, which is a derivative of the Latin adjective Romanus (Roman). [1] Romanians are a people living in Eastern Europe speaking a Romance language .
"Romania" derives from the local name for Romanian (Romanian: român), which in turn derives from Latin romanus, meaning "Roman" or "of Rome". [13] This ethnonym for Romanians is first attested in the 16th century by Italian humanists travelling in Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia.
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 ...
The location of Romania An enlargeable map of Romania. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Romania: . Romania – unitary semi-presidential republic located in Central-Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea to the south-east, between Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Eastern and Southeast Europe.It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast.
During the Iron Age, the area was inhabited by a population identified with the Getae and the Dacians, who spoke an Indo-European language.The view that the two groups were the same is disputed, [4] while the culture's latter phase can be attributed to the Dacians; small Dacian settlements—such as Herăstrău, Radu Vodă, Dămăroaia, Lacul Tei, Pantelimon, and Popești-Leordeni—were found ...
The Antiquity in Romania spans the period between the foundation of Greek colonies in present-day Dobruja and the withdrawal of the Romans from "Dacia Trajana" province.The earliest records of the history of the regions which now form Romania were made after the establishment of three Greek towns—Histria, Tomis, and Callatis—on the Black Sea coast in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
On 12 April 1880, Spain recognized the independence of Romania after the Romanian War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire. [1] In June 1881, a diplomatic Legation from Spain arrived to Bucharest. During the visit, several commercial agreements between the two countries had been signed. In June 1913, the Romanian Legation in Madrid was ...