Vlach

[vlahk, vlak] /vlɑk, vlæk/
noun
1.
a member of a people living in scattered communities in the Balkans.
2.
the Romanian dialect of these people.
British Dictionary definitions for Vlach

Vlach

/vlɑːk/
noun
1.
a member of a people scattered throughout SE Europe in the early Middle Ages, speaking a Romanic dialect
adjective
2.
of or relating to Vlachs or their dialect
Word Origin and History for Vlach
n.

"member of a Latin-speaking race of the Balkans, a Walachian or Rumanian," 1841, from Bulgarian vlakh or Serbian vlah, from Old Church Slavonic vlakhu, a Slavic adoptation of Germanic *walh (cf. Old English wealh) "foreigner," especially applied to Celts and Latins (see Welsh).