"Moldavia" meaning in English

See Moldavia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɒlˈdeɪvi.ə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moldavia.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪviə Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Moldavia
  1. (historical) A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Moldavia-en-name-EOVmSzA7 Categories (other): Former polities
  2. Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova). Categories (place): Places in Romania, Regions of Romania Derived forms: Romanian Moldavia, Western Moldavia Related terms: Moldova Coordinate_terms: Wallachia
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  3. Nonstandard form of Moldova. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: Moldova
    Sense id: en-Moldavia-en-name-~4HpXEUs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (region): 摩爾達維亞 /摩尔达维亚 (Mó'ěrdáwéiyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Moldavsko [neuter] (Czech), Moldavien (Danish), Moldavia (Finnish), Moldawien [neuter] (German), Moldavía [feminine] (Icelandic), モルダビア (Japanese), Moldāvija [feminine] (Latvian), Moldova (Norman), Moldavia (Norwegian Bokmål), Moldova [feminine] (Romanian), Principatul Moldovei [neuter] (Romanian), Țara Moldovei [feminine] (Romanian), Молда́вия (Moldávija) [feminine] (Russian), Молдо́ва (Moldóva) [feminine] (Russian), Молда́вія (Moldávija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Молдо́ва (Moldóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'region': 47 53 0
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