AHC: Romanians by any other name

Has anyone considered the name Wallachs? It's a bit easier to pronounce than the Bl or Vl spellings of the demonym in English, and could easily arise if Wallachia is the dominant or unifying state, resulting from a possible confusion/actual etymological relation between the name of the country and the name of the people. In my opinion this is the most likely option, but it might not be if Transylvania remains separate for long enough that "Wallachia" is seen to solely comprise the borders of the OTL state.
 
Has anyone considered the name Wallachs? It's a bit easier to pronounce than the Bl or Vl spellings of the demonym in English, and could easily arise if Wallachia is the dominant or unifying state, resulting from a possible confusion/actual etymological relation between the name of the country and the name of the people. In my opinion this is the most likely option, but it might not be if Transylvania remains separate for long enough that "Wallachia" is seen to solely comprise the borders of the OTL state.
The people from Wallachia didn't call themselves wallachians, but muntenians. So, rather Muntenia - finallly would fit for all 3 provinces, and for wallachians ancient life-style
 
The people from Wallachia didn't call themselves wallachians, but muntenians. So, rather Muntenia - finallly would fit for all 3 provinces, and for wallachians ancient life-style

That's certainly a possibility, but I was thinking more about what the English-speaking world would have used to refer to Wallachians and Romanians. Vlach or Blach seems to be a demonym for Romance-speakers (mostly Romanians) in the Balkans, and I figured that if Wallachia were to unite *Romania, then there could conceivably be some confusion on the part of the Anglophone world on the relationship between Vlachs and Wallachians that would lead to all *Romanians being referred to as Wallachs. It would be much easier to pronounce than Vlach, that's for sure. In the scenario I was envisioning, Muntenian would be to Wallachs what Deutsch is to Germans.
 
The people from Wallachia didn't call themselves wallachians, but muntenians. So, rather Muntenia - finallly would fit for all 3 provinces, and for wallachians ancient life-style
But wasn't the historical Muntenia only one part of Wallachia, with the rest under a separate name ('Oltenia', IIRC) instead?



How about 'Children of Dracula'? :cool:
 
During the unification of Wallachia with Moldavia, there was a brief period when the state was called "The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia". Either keep this, or change it to sth like "The Federation/United State(s) of Moldavia and Wallachia".

Progressively, maybe, the people/citizens would be called something like "Wallacho-Moldavians", the Czechoslovakian way. It will be like Britishness: They are Wallacho-Moldavians in the civic sense, but Wallachians and Moldavians ethnically.
 
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