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popor
people (a nation or ethnic community) /poˈpor/
noun#1382 most common
Also: nation, folk
Example sentences
Poporul român vorbește limba română.
The Romanian people speaks the Romanian language.
Acesta este un popor harnic.
This is a hardworking people.
Poporul a sărbătorit ziua națională cu mare bucurie.
The people celebrated the national day with great joy.
Istoria acestui popor este plină de suferință și rezistență.
The history of this people is full of suffering and resistance.
Drepturile popoarelor la autodeterminare sunt recunoscute de dreptul internațional.
The right of peoples to self-determination is recognized by international law.
Solidaritatea dintre popoare a fost invocată constant în discursurile liderilor postbelici.
Solidarity among peoples was constantly invoked in the speeches of postwar leaders.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | popor | popoare |
| Genitive | poporului | popoarelor |
| Accusative | popor | popoare |
| Vocative | popor | popoare |
Word family
popularpopular, of the people
populațiepopulation
popularizato popularize
popularitatepopularity
poporanpopulist (archaic, tied to the 19th-century poporanism movement)
Etymology
Popor comes from Latin populus, meaning people or nation. The Latin intervocalic l regularly became r in Romanian, a sound change called rhotacism, the same shift seen in sol becoming soare and sal becoming sare. So populus turned into popor through ordinary Romanian phonetic evolution rather than borrowing.
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