Movilă is a

Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...

noble surname of the

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

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

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. C ...

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

Boris Movilă Boris Movilă (6 October 1928 – 29 September 2016) was a Moldovan writer. Life and career Movilă was born in Hîjdieni ( Berezlogi, Orhei District). He was the deputy president of the ''Comitetul pentru Cinematografie'' and redactor-in-ch ...

, Moldovan writer *

Lică Movilă Lică Stavarache Movilă (born 21 October 1961) is a Romanian former footballer, who played primarily as a midfielder. Club career Lică Movilă was born in Brăila on 21 October 1961 and made his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1981 for SC Bacău ...

(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'' Nicules ...

(1900-1970), Romanian poet and novelist

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