Greater Romania

The term Greater Romania (Romanian: România Mare) usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period,^[1] achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist^[2]^[3] idea.

As a concept, its main goal is the creation of a nation-state which would incorporate all Romanian speakers.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] In 1920, after the incorporation of Transylvania, Bukovina, Bessarabia and parts of Banat, Crișana, and Maramureș, the Romanian state reached its largest peacetime geographical extent ever (295,049 km²). Today, the concept serves as a guiding principle for the unification of Moldova and Romania.

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