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 (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:
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Boris Movilă, Moldovan writer
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Lică Movilă (born 1961), Romanian footballer
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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
See also
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Movila (disambiguation)
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Movileni (disambiguation)
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Movilița (disambiguation)
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Romanian-language surnames