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Wallach

Wallach is a surname of Germanic origin and, in historical usage, an exonym referring to Romanians or Vlachs. The term appears in various languages as Wallach, Walach, or Walachei, reflecting the medieval and early modern designation of Romanians and Vlachs by neighboring peoples. The surname Wallach is found among individuals in German-speaking and diasporic communities, often indicating ancestry connected to Wallachia, the Vlach population, or toponymic origins.

Wallachia is a historic principality in what is now southern Romania. It emerged in the late medieval

The name Wallach is also encountered in literary and academic contexts to discuss the Vlachs, a Romance-speaking

period
and
existed
as
a
self-governing
vassal
of
larger
powers
at
different
times.
Its
core
included
regions
around
the
lower
Danube
and
the
capital
at
various
points
in
time.
In
1859
Wallachia
joined
with
Moldavia
to
form
modern
Romania,
and
the
term
remains
in
historical,
geographic,
and
cultural
references.
The
name
Wallachia
is
the
English
form
of
the
region
historically
called
Țara
Rumânească
or
Valahia
in
Romanian.
population
of
the
Carpathians
and
Balkans,
who
have
played
a
role
in
the
ethnographic
history
of
the
region.