Moldova

Unclear; see Romanian Moldova for theories.

Republic of Moldova
Republic of Moldova#English

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Moldova. Capital and largest city: Chișinău.


leu

Borrowed from Romanian leu (“lion”), from Latin leō (“lion”). Doublet of Leo, lev, lion, and Lyon.

The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani.


cupon

(historical) The currency of Moldova between 1992 and 1993.


Selected by the European Union as the 3-digit number fastest to dial on cellular and rotary phones without the likelihood of accidental dialing caused by hanging up a landline telephone, sometimes interpreted by phone networks as a 1.

When you call 112 in the United Kingdom, the call is automatically rerouted to 999 operators.

The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.


Transnistria

From Romanian Transnistria, from Latin trans + Romanian Nistru (“Dniester”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “beyond the river Dniester”. Analyzable as trans- + Romanian Nistru + -ia.

confix

Romanian <i class="Latn mention" lang="ro">Nistru</i>

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

An autonomous territory within Moldova that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, but is not internationally recognized as a sovereign state.

Приднестровиа

Transnistria, an autonomous territory in Moldova


PAS

Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate#English

Party of Action and Solidarity
w:Party of Action and Solidarity

(politics) Initialism of Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate. ("Party of Action and Solidarity", a liberal political party in Moldova)


Bogdania

From Bogdan I of Moldavia, founder of a dynasty, from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

(historical) Moldavia, Great Wallachia, the territory between Transylvania and the Dniester north of Wallachia and south of Lithuania, conquered by the Ottomans in 1512

Bogdan I of Moldavia
House of Bogdan-Mușat

بُغْدَان

the territory between Transylvania and the Dniester — see also Moldavia