Word Usage
| Language | Form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Vllah (Vllah/Vllehët) | Vlach |
| Albanian | Coban (Choban/Choban) | Shepherd / Use to live mainly from tending and rearing sheep |
| Greek | Βλάχοι (Vlákhi/Vláhi) | Shepherd (occasionally pejorative)/Romanian/Vlach |
| Bulgarian | влах | Romanian/Vlach |
| Bulgarian | влах | man from Wallachia |
| Czech | Valach | man from Wallachia |
| Czech | Valach | man from Valašsko (in Moravia) |
| Czech | valach | shepherd |
| Czech | valach | gelding (horse) |
| Czech | valach | lazy man |
| Czech | Vlach | Italian |
| Hungarian | vlach/blach | Vlach/Blach |
| Hungarian | oláh | Romanian/Vlach |
| Hungarian | olasz | Italian |
| Macedonian | влав | cattle breeder, shepherd |
| Polish | Włoch | Italian |
| Polish | Włochy | Italy |
| Polish | Wołoch | Romanian / Vlach |
| Polish | wałach | gelding (horse) |
| Old Russian | волохъ | man speaking a Romance language |
| Russian | валах | Vlach |
| Serbian | влав, Влах, Vlah | Vlach |
| Serbian | Влах, Vlah | man from Wallachia |
| Serbian (Užice dialect) | Вла(х), Старовла(х) | medieval nomadic people from Stari Vlah and Mala Vlaška |
| Croatian | Vlah | Istro-Romanian |
| Croatian (Dubrovnik dialect) | Vlah | man from Herzegovina (pejorative) |
| Croatian (western dialects) | Vlah | Italian (pejorative) |
| Croatian | влах, vlah | medieval nomadic cattle breeder |
| Croatian (dialects of Istria) | vlah | new settler (pejorative) |
| Croatian (Dalmatian dialects) | vlah (vlaj) | plebeian (pejorative) |
| Croatian (Dalmatian insular dialects) | vlah | man from the mainland (pejorative) |
| Croatian (western and northern dialects) | vlah (vlaj) | Orthodox Christian, usually Serb (pejorative) |
| Croatian (Podravina dialects) | vlah | Catholic who is a neoshtokavian speaker (pejorative) |
| Bosnian | vlah, влах | non-Muslim living in Bosnia, usually Serb (pejorative) |
| Bosnian | vlah | Catholic (pejorative) |
| Slovak | Valach | man from Wallachia |
| Slovak | Valach | man from Valašsko (in Moravia) |
| Slovak | valach | shepherd |
| Slovak | valach | gelding (horse) |
| Slovak | Vlach | Italian |
| Slovene | Lah | Italian (pejorative) |
| Turkish | Eflak | Wallachia, Romania |
| Western Slovenian dialects | Lah | Friulian |
| Ukrainian | волох | Romanian / Vlach, in Roman period local Ostrogoths denoted Celts by this name |
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