Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
Name of Romania prince Dimitrie Cantemir systematically used the name "Țara Românească" for designating all three Principalities inhabited by Romanians. Actually, as argued by Ioan-Aurel Pop, the name "Romania" isn't but a version of the name "Romanian Land", just as in England - Anglia, or Scotland - Scotia. The etymology of ""România"" didn't follow the Romanian pattern of word formation for country names, which usually adds the suffix "-ia" to the ethnonym by keeping its accent, like in ""grec" → "Grecia", "Bulgar" → "Bulgaria", "rus → "Rusia"", etc. Since it is a self-designation, the word ""România"" has an older history, coming from ""românie""