What is the meaning of VLAH?

(usually derogatory) an Orthodox Christian (as opposed to the speaker, who would be a Roman Catholic or Muslim) (regional, Istria) outsider, non-indigenous person.

What happened to the Vlachs?

12th century 1113, wrote when the Volochi (Vlachs) attacked the Slavs of the Danube and settled among them and oppressed them, the Slavs departed and settled on the Vistula, under the name of Leshi. The Hungarians drove away the Vlachs and took the land and settled there.

Are Vlachs Romans?

The Vlachs were guides and guards of Roman (Byzantine) caravans in Balkans.

Is Vlachs a gypsy?

Vlach Gypsies are one branch of the Romany-speaking Gypsies who lived for several hundred years in Romania until they began migrating to other parts of the world in the middle of the nineteenth century. The majority of Vlach Gypsies now live in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Romania.

What is the origin of the Vlachs?

As a contemporary term, in the English language, the Vlachs are the Balkan Romance-speaking peoples who live south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania, Bulgaria, northern Greece, North Macedonia, and eastern Serbia as native ethnic groups, such as the Aromanians and the Megleno-Romanians.

What is the difference between Vlach and Serb?

The term “Vlach” may be used in the whole Balkan area in a derogatory manner because, according to Arno Tanner, “nomads are traditionally considered dirty and aggressive”, while some Croats used that term for Serbs, the city dwellers, the country people and so on.

Who are the Vlachs in Croatia?

For residents of the Dalmatian islands Vlachs are population which live in the Biokovo area, Kajkavian inhabitants of northwestern Croatia all Shtokavian immigrants (either Croats or Serbs) call as Vlachs.

When did George Kedrenos mention about Vlachs?

George Kedrenos mentioned about Vlachs in 976. The Vlachs were guides and guards of Roman caravans in Balkans. Between Prespa and Kastoria they met and fought with a Bulgarian rebel named David. The Vlachs killed David in their first documented battle.