"Moldova" meaning in Romanian

See Moldova in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [mol.do.va] Audio: Ro-Moldova.ogg
Etymology: Of unclear origin. The suffix -ova is probably of Slavic origin. Theories about the first element: * It is possibly ultimately from Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”) (possibly Moldavia); compare the river Mulde in Germany and Moldau, the German name of the river Vltava, which may be of related origin. * Alternatively, it may be related to Romanian molid (“spruce”), though the loss of the i in this word is difficult to explain. * A folk etymology, according to Dimitrie Cantemir, says the name of the Moldova River comes from Prince Dragoș, after his hound Molda, who drowned in it while attempting to hunt an aurochs. * The Romanian people may have called themselves "Moldoveni" or "Munteni" (literally "of the mountains") so Moldova may alternatively derive from a Thracian-Illyrian language, from *mol (“mountain”) + *dava (“town”). For more theories see Name of Moldova on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{der|ro|sla|-}} Slavic, {{der|ro|got|𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰||dust, mud}} Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”), {{m|da|Mulde}} Mulde, {{m|de|Moldau}} Moldau, {{m|en|Vltava}} Vltava, {{cog|ro|molid||spruce}} Romanian molid (“spruce”), {{der|ro|txh|-}} Thracian, {{der|ro|xil|-}} Illyrian, {{m|xyl|*mol||mountain}} *mol (“mountain”), {{m|txh|*dava||town}} *dava (“town”), {{pedia|Name of Moldova|Name of Moldova|i=1}} Name of Moldova on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{head|ro|proper noun|||||g=f|g2=|head=}} Moldova f, {{ro-proper noun|f}} Moldova f Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=f|gpd=Moldovelor|gpi=Moldove|gsd=Moldovei|gsi=Moldove|n=sg|npd=Moldovele|npi=Moldove|nsd=Moldova|nsi=Moldovă|vp=Moldovelor|vs=Moldovă|vs2=Moldovo}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Moldovă [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], o Moldovă [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], Moldova [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], Moldove [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unei Moldove [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], Moldovei [dative, definite, genitive, singular], Moldovă [singular, vocative], Moldovo [singular, vocative]
  1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Republica Moldova) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Europe, Moldova
    Sense id: en-Moldova-ro-name-SLoWxXR6 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 46 2 52
  2. Moldova (a river in Romania) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Romania, Rivers in Romania
    Sense id: en-Moldova-ro-name-L0yQsrXk
  3. Moldova, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Romania, Regions of Romania
    Sense id: en-Moldova-ro-name-VJy2FUce Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 46 2 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Молдова (Moldova) (english: post-1930s Cyrillic form) Derived forms: moldovean

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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mol.do.va]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ro-Moldova.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/Ro-Moldova.ogg/Ro-Moldova.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Ro-Moldova.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "post-1930s Cyrillic form",
      "roman": "Moldova",
      "word": "Молдова"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ro:Moldova"
  ],
  "word": "Moldova"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Romanian]; cleaned text: f gender",
  "path": [
    "Moldova"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Moldova",
  "trace": ""
}

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