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==Etymology==
The term [[Rûm]] means "Roman", while Rumelia ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Rumeli'') means "Land of the Romans" is a borrowed word from Latin and Greek in the [[Turkish language|Turkish]], referring to the lands occupied by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] after the [[Byzantine Empire]], that was at the time still known as the [[Partition of the Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] (the [[neologism]] "Byzantine Empire" was coined only in 1557 by a German historian, [[Hieronymus Wolf]], in his work ''Corpus Historiæ Byzantinæ''<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064407/Rumelia Encyclopædia Britannica – Rumelia] at Encyclopædia Britannica.com</ref>). As such, "Roman" was long used in various languages around the Balkans to refer to the lands of that empire. Indeed, today the region is known by {{lang-bs|Rumelija}}, {{lang-el|Ρωμυλία}}, ''Romylía'', or Ρούμελη, ''Roúmeli''; {{lang-sq|Rumelia}}; [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and {{lang-sr|Румелија}}, ''Rumelija'' and {{lang-bg|Румелия}}, ''Rumeliya''. In old Latin Genoese documents it is known as ''Romania'', the common name for the Byzantine Empire in the [[Middle Ages]].
Originally, the [[Seljuk Turks]] used the name "Land of the [[Rûm]]" (Romans) for defining [[Anatolia]], which was gradually conquered by the armies of the [[Seljuk Empire]] from the Byzantine Empire following the [[Battle of Manzikert]] in 1071. The Seljuk [[Sultanate of Rum]] (1077–1307) meant the "Sultanate of [[Anatolia]]".
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