Moldavia

English

Map of Romania with the region of Moldavia highlighted in yellow

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.
  2. Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova).
    Coordinate term: Wallachia
  3. Nonstandard form of Moldova.
    • 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment‎, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:
      In Moldavia, a young Leonid Brezhnev orchestrated the postwar subjugation of the newly annexed Romanian territory, ordering thousands of executions and shipping off 30,000 people to Siberian labor camps.

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Albanian

Proper noun

Moldavia

  1. definite nominative singular of Moldavi

Basque

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /moldabia/ [mol̪.d̪a.β̞i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Mol‧da‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Moldavia inan

  1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Derived terms

  • moldaviar (“Moldovan”)

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From German Moldawien.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoldɑʋiɑ/, [ˈmo̞ldɑ̝ˌʋiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Mol‧da‧vi‧a

Proper noun

Moldavia

  1. (historical) (historical) Moldavia (a former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania)
  2. (dated) Synonym of Moldova: Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Moldavia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Moldavia —
genitive Moldavian —
partitive Moldaviaa —
illative Moldaviaan —
singular plural
nominative Moldavia —
accusative nom. Moldavia —
gen. Moldavian
genitive Moldavian —
partitive Moldaviaa —
inessive Moldaviassa —
elative Moldaviasta —
illative Moldaviaan —
adessive Moldavialla —
ablative Moldavialta —
allative Moldavialle —
essive Moldaviana —
translative Moldaviaksi —
abessive Moldaviatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Moldavia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Moldaviani —
accusative nom. Moldaviani —
gen. Moldaviani
genitive Moldaviani —
partitive Moldaviaani —
inessive Moldaviassani —
elative Moldaviastani —
illative Moldaviaani —
adessive Moldaviallani —
ablative Moldavialtani —
allative Moldavialleni —
essive Moldavianani —
translative Moldaviakseni —
abessive Moldaviattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Moldaviasi —
accusative nom. Moldaviasi —
gen. Moldaviasi
genitive Moldaviasi —
partitive Moldaviaasi —
inessive Moldaviassasi —
elative Moldaviastasi —
illative Moldaviaasi —
adessive Moldaviallasi —
ablative Moldavialtasi —
allative Moldaviallesi —
essive Moldavianasi —
translative Moldaviaksesi —
abessive Moldaviattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Moldaviamme —
accusative nom. Moldaviamme —
gen. Moldaviamme
genitive Moldaviamme —
partitive Moldaviaamme —
inessive Moldaviassamme —
elative Moldaviastamme —
illative Moldaviaamme —
adessive Moldaviallamme —
ablative Moldavialtamme —
allative Moldaviallemme —
essive Moldavianamme —
translative Moldaviaksemme —
abessive Moldaviattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Moldavianne —
accusative nom. Moldavianne —
gen. Moldavianne
genitive Moldavianne —
partitive Moldaviaanne —
inessive Moldaviassanne —
elative Moldaviastanne —
illative Moldaviaanne —
adessive Moldaviallanne —
ablative Moldavialtanne —
allative Moldaviallenne —
essive Moldaviananne —
translative Moldaviaksenne —
abessive Moldaviattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Moldaviansa —
accusative nom. Moldaviansa —
gen. Moldaviansa
genitive Moldaviansa —
partitive Moldaviaansa —
inessive Moldaviassaan
Moldaviassansa
—
elative Moldaviastaan
Moldaviastansa
—
illative Moldaviaansa —
adessive Moldaviallaan
Moldaviallansa
—
ablative Moldavialtaan
Moldavialtansa
—
allative Moldavialleen
Moldaviallensa
—
essive Moldavianaan
Moldavianansa
—
translative Moldaviakseen
Moldaviaksensa
—
abessive Moldaviattaan
Moldaviattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

Franco-Provençal

Proper noun

Moldavia f

  1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /molˈda.vja/
  • Rhymes: -avja
  • Hyphenation: Mol‧dà‧via

Proper noun

Moldavia f

  1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)
    Synonym: Moldovia

Derived terms

See also

Latin

Proper noun

Moldavia f sg (genitive Moldaviae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Moldavia
Genitive Moldaviae
Dative Moldaviae
Accusative Moldaviam
Ablative Moldaviā
Vocative Moldavia

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /molˈdabja/ [mol̪ˈd̪a.β̞ja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: Mol‧da‧via

Proper noun

Moldavia f

  1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)
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