How did the country of Romania get its name?

Answer 1

The name Romania (and Romanian people, Romanian language) come from Roma, because a great part of the ancient territory of the Romanian ancestors (Dacians) was for about 200 years a province of the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

The Romanian language is based on Latin and the country was called in Romanian "The Land of Romans" which became (to English speakers) Romania.

Answer 3

The Romanian language is a Romanic (Latin) language with important old slavonic influences.

Answer 4

Romania has populated from the neolithic. The origin of the first settlers is not known.

Answer 5

The name country Romania is derived from the latin word romanus - citizen of Rome. Some regions of the modern Romania were parts of the Roman Empire for about 200 years.

Answer 6

The ancestors of Romanians were the Daco-Getic union of tribes; these tribes are of Thracian origin. But many strong external influences exist: Roman, Slave, Turkish.

Answer 7

see the link below for the history

Answer 8

Yes, it is true.

Answer 9

From Latin