Movilă is a

Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: ''limba română'' , or ''românește'', ) is the official and main language of Romania and the Moldova, Republic of Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communi ...

noble surname of the

Movilești family The House of Movileşti, also Movilă or Moghilă ( pl, Mohyła, Cyrillic: Могила), was a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family – the traditional House of Moldav ...

(see the list of persons there), a Moldavian ''

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

'' family. Notable modern persons with the surname include: *

Boris Movilă Boris Movilă (born October 6, 1928 in Hîjdieni) is a writer from the Republic of Moldova. He was born in Hîjdieni ( Berezlogi, Orhei District). Movilă was the deputy president of the ''Comitetul pentru Cinematografie'' and redactor in chi ...

, Moldovan writer * Lică Movilă (born 1961), Romanian footballer *

Sanda Movilă Sanda Movilă (pen name of Maria Ionescu-Aderca; January 7, 1900–September 13, 1970) was a Romanian poet and novelist. Born in Cerbu, Argeș County, her parents were Ion Ionescu, a small-scale tradesman, and his wife Maria (''née'' Nicule ...

(1900-1970), Romanian poet and novelist

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