Editing Timok Valley (section)

==Name==
The Serbian name is derived from the [[hydronym]] ''Timok'' and ''[[krajina]]'' ("frontier, [[March (territorial entity)|march]]"), named such due to its location and history as a borderland. It was introduced in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Interwar period]] as denoting the Timok confluence with the [[Negotin Valley]] and [[Ključ (region)|Ključ]], which are part of the Timok Valley.{{sfn|Živković|2014|p=409}} The term has no historical or geographical basis.{{sfn|Živković|2014|p=409}} In [[Romanian language|Romanian]], the term "Timoc Valley" ({{lang|ro|Valea Timocului}}) is used for the area inhabited by the Romanian-speaking [[Vlachs of Serbia|Vlachs]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Timoc |first=Cristea Sandu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P5W2OzPFw0oC&pg=PR19 |title=Povești populare românești |date=1988 |publisher=Editura Minerva |location=București |pages=19– |language=ro |quote=<!--românovlahilor din valea Timocului-->}}</ref> "Tribalia" is also used in Romanian.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sandu Timoc |first=Cristea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3_7PY2eRP4C |title=Poezii populare de la românii din Timoc: Nord-estul Serbiei și nord-vestul Bulgariei |date=2007 |publisher=Editura Ager |isbn=978-973-7961-42-6 |location=Bucureşti |language=ro}}</ref> The region was sometimes known as Podunavia in medieval times.<ref name="Coman 2016">{{Cite book |last=Coman |first=Marian |title=Putere și teritoriu: Țara Românească medievală (secolele XIV-XVI) |date=2016 |publisher=Polirom |isbn=978-9-73463-403-3 |location=Iaşi |language=ro |chapter=Frontiera sârbească a Țării Românești în vremea lui Mircea cel Bătrân}}</ref>