Moravian Wallachia

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Moravian Wallachia (Czech: Moravské Valašsko or simply Valašsko; Romanian: Valahia Moravă) is a mountainous ethnoregion in the easternmost part of the Czech Republic. It is located in the historical land of Moravia, near the Slovak border, roughly centered on the towns of Vsetín, Valašské Meziříčí and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. The name Wallachia used to be applied to all the highlands of Moravia and the neighbouring Silesia, although in the 19th century a smaller area came to be defined as ethno-cultural Moravian Wallachia. The traditional dialect represents a mixture of elements from the Czech and Slovak languages, and has a distinct lexicon of Romanian origin relating to the pastoral economy of the highlands. The name originated from the term "Vlach", the exonym of Romanians.

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