 Late in his life, the writer coined another term, "daco-românism" ("Daco-Romanianism"), which referenced the ancient territory of Dacia and, through it, to the ideal of grouping together all territories inhabited by Romanians outside the Old Kingdom's borders.This allusion to Transylvania contributed to his polemic with Austro-Hungarian authorities, who came to regard the term with suspicion.At the same time, Urechia sought to build contacts with representatives of other Romance-speaking communities in the Balkans, Aromanians as well as Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians, as well as with Romanian leaders from Bukovina and Bessarabia.