Aromanian

English

Etymology

From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/

Adjective

Aromanian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Aromanian people or the Aromanian language.

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Noun

Aromanian (plural Aromanians)

  1. A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern and central Albania, parts of North Macedonia, southwestern Bulgaria and Serbia; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.
    Hypernym: Vlach

Usage notes

Do not confuse with Armenians, another ethnic group (whose languages are only distantly related).

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Proper noun

Aromanian

  1. An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.

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