Rumania

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Ru·ma·ni·a

(ro͞o-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)

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Rumania

(ruːˈmeɪnɪə)

(Placename) a variant of Romania

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Ro•ma•ni•a

(roʊˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə)

n.

a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 22,334,312; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest.

Romanian, Ro•mâ•nia (rɔˈmʌ nyɑ)

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Noun

Rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea

Romania, Roumania

Brasov - a city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps

Bucharest, Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital of Romania - national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania

Constantina - a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea

Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area

Danau, Danube, Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube"

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Transylvanian Alps - a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania

Romanian, Rumanian - a native or inhabitant of Romania

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