Moldova

Mol·do·va  (ml-dv, môl-) Formerly Mol·da·vi·a (-dv-, -dvy) A country of eastern Europe bordering on Romania. Comprised of lands acquired by Russia from the historical region of Moldavia in 1791, 1793, and 1812 and (after 1940) part of Bessarabia, it was established as an autonomous republic of the USSR in 1924 and became a constituent republic in 1940, known as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Moldova declared its independence in 1991. Chiinu is the capital and the largest city. Population: 4,430,000. Mol·dovan adj. & n.

Moldova

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Moldova - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 Moldavia, Republic of Moldova CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 capital of Moldova, Chisinau, Kishinev - the capital of Moldova Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Translations

Moldova [mɔlˈdəuvə] n → Moldawien nt