Волощина

From волоський (volosʹkyj, “Vlach, Wallachian”) +‎ -ина (-yna) with "-ськ" changing to "-щ" (-шч) (< -сч < -сьч) due to alternation. Compare Polish Wołoszczyzna.

Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, “Slovakia”) from словацький (slovacʹkyj, “Slovak”) +‎ -ина (-yna), or Ukrainian Туреччина (Tureččyna, “Turkey”) from турецький (turecʹkyj, “Turkish”) +‎ -ина (-yna). The same word-building model is used in Belarusian Ангельшчына (Anhjelʹščyna, “England”).

• IPA^(key): [wɔˈɫɔʃt͡ʃenɐ]

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Воло́щина • (Volóščyna) f inan (genitive Воло́щини, uncountable, relational adjective воло́щинський)

1. Wallachia (a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania)

• воло́х m (volóx), воло́шка f (volóška)

• “Волощина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)