"Bessarabia" meaning in English

See Bessarabia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija)), after the royal House of Basarab. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ro|Basarabia}} Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia, {{cog|uk|Бессара́бія}} Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bessarabia
  1. (historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine. Wikipedia link: Bessarabia Tags: historical Categories (place): Geographic and cultural areas of Europe, Places in Moldova, Places in Ukraine Translations (region): بِيسَارَابِيَا (bīsārābiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Բեսարաբիա (Besarabia) (Armenian), Бесара́бія (Bjesarábija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Бэсара́бія (Besarábija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Бесара́бия (Besarábija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 比薩拉比亞 /比萨拉比亚 (Bǐsàlābǐyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Besarábie [feminine] (Czech), Bessarabien [neuter] (Danish), Bessarabië [neuter] (Dutch), Besarabio (Esperanto), Bessarabie [feminine] (French), ბესარაბია (besarabia) (Georgian), Bessarabien [neuter] (German), Βεσσαραβία (Vessaravía) [feminine] (Greek), Besszarábia (Hungarian), ベッサラビア (english: Bessarabia) (Japanese), 베사라비아 (Besarabia) (Korean), Бесарабија (Besarabija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Bessarabia [feminine] (Occitan), Besarabia [feminine] (Polish), Bessarábia [feminine] (Portuguese), Basarabia [feminine] (Romanian), Бессара́бия (Bessarábija) [feminine] (Russian), Besarábia [feminine] (Slovak), Besarabia [feminine] (Spanish), Besarabya (Turkish), Бессара́бія (Bessarábija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Бесара́бія (Besarábija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Besarabän (Volapük), בעסאַראַביע (besarabye) (Yiddish)
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Бесарабија"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bessarabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besarabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bessarábia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Basarabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Bessarábija",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Бессара́бия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besarábia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besarabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region",
      "word": "Besarabya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Bessarábija",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Бессара́бія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Besarábija",
      "sense": "region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Бесара́бія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "region",
      "word": "Besarabän"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "besarabye",
      "sense": "region",
      "word": "בעסאַראַביע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Bessarabia"
}

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