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Moldavian

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Mol·da·vi·a  (ml-dv-, -dvy, môl-)
1. A historical region of eastern Romania east of Transylvania. Part of the Roman province of Dacia, it became a principality in the 14th century and passed to the Ottoman Empire in 1504, although it was continually attacked and often controlled by other powers. In 1861 Moldavia united with Walachia to form the nucleus of modern Romania.
2. See Moldova.
Mol·davi·an adj. & n.
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Moldavian [mɔlˈdeɪvɪən], Moldovan [mɔlˈdəuvən] adj, n → moldavo/a m/f
Moldavian [mɔlˈdeɪvɪən], Moldovan [mɔlˈdəuvən] adj → moldave
Moldavian [mɔlˈdeɪvɪən] adj → moldawisch
Moldavian [mɔlˈdeɪvɪən], Moldovan [mɔlˈdəuvən] adj → moldavo/a
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Nurse Savishna, knitting in hand, was telling in low tones, scarcely hearing or understanding her own words, what she had told hundreds of times before: how the late princess had given birth to Princess Mary in Kishenev with only a Moldavian peasant woman to help instead of a midwife.
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