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Vinony

Romanian

noun

  1. Romance language
  2. person from Romania
  3. ethnic group originating in southeastern Europe
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ / /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ / /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an.

  1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

    “The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian).”

    “The leader of far-right opposition party AUR, George Simion, who has been backing Georgescu in his presidential bid, was among the first to react to CCR's decision. In a post on X, he said, "What a disgrace! Once again, the Constitutional Court is mocking the Romanian people, is attacking our democracy and our essential rights & freedoms. We stand with Călin Georgescu!””

name

Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an.

  1. The official language of Romania and Moldova.
  2. An age from 3.6 to 1.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an.

  1. A native or inhabitant of Romania.

    “USR leader Elena Lasconi, who was supposed to face Georgescu in the second round of the 2024 presidential elections and is expected to run again this year, also reacted to the news, saying, “I hope the CCR's decision is just a first step. […] Romanians need to regain their trust in institutions!””

  2. A member of the predominant, Romance-speaking ethnic group of Romania (who are also present in some neighbouring countries).
  3. Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift.

    “I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying. I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians.”

    “I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.”