Aromanian
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English
Etymology
From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Aromanian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Aromanian people or the Aromanian language.
Translations
relating to Aromanians or the Aromanian language
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Noun
Aromanian (plural Aromanians)
- 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).
Synonyms
- (people): Arumanian, Macedo-Romanian, Macedo-Vlach, Vlach
Translations
person
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Proper noun
Aromanian
- 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.
Synonyms
- (language): Arumanian (archaic), Macedo-Romanian, Macedo-Vlach, Vlach
Translations
language
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Aromanian terms
- Appendix:Aromanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Aromanian
- Istro-Romanian
- Megleno-Romanian
- Moldavian
- Romanian
- Vlach
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup
- Ethnologue entry for Megleno-Romanian, ruq
- Ethnologue entry for Istro-Romanian, ruo
- Ethnologue entry for Romanian, ron
- ISO 639-1 code rup, ISO 639-3 code rup (SIL)
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