Moldavia
See also: moldávia, Moldávia, Moldavía, and Moldàvia
English
Map of Romania with the region of Moldavia highlighted in yellow
Proper noun
Moldavia
- (historical) A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania.
- Coordinate term: Wallachia
- Nonstandard form of Moldova.
- 1992, Nixon, Richard, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, LCCN 91-37743, OCLC 440652941, 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.
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Translations
region
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Moldova — see Moldova
See also
- Moldova
Further reading
Moldavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Albanian
Proper noun
Moldavia
- definite nominative singular of Moldavi
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moldabia/, [mo̞l̪.d̪a.β̞i.a]
Proper noun
Moldavia inan
- Moldova (a country in Europe)
Declension
| Declension of Moldavia (inanimate, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | Moldavia | — | — |
| ergative | Moldaviak | — | — |
| dative | Moldaviari | — | — |
| genitive | Moldaviaren | — | — |
| comitative | Moldaviarekin | — | — |
| causative | Moldaviarengatik | — | — |
| benefactive | Moldaviarentzat | — | — |
| instrumental | Moldaviaz | — | — |
| inessive | Moldavian | — | — |
| locative | Moldaviako | — | — |
| allative | Moldaviara | — | — |
| terminative | Moldaviaraino | — | — |
| directive | Moldaviarantz | — | — |
| destinative | Moldaviarako | — | — |
| ablative | Moldaviatik | — | — |
| partitive | Moldaviarik | — | — |
| prolative | Moldaviatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- moldaviera
- moldaviar
Finnish
Etymology
From German Moldawien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoldɑʋiɑ/, [ˈmo̞ldɑˌʋiɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Mol‧da‧vi‧a
Proper noun
Moldavia
- (historical) Moldavia (former principality)
- (dated) Synonym of Moldova.
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Moldaviatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Moldavia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Moldaviani | Moldaviamme |
| 2nd person | Moldaviasi | Moldavianne |
| 3rd person | Moldaviansa | |
Franco-Provençal
Proper noun
Moldavia
- Moldova (a country in Europe)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /molˈda.vja/
- Rhymes: -avja
- Hyphenation: Mol‧dà‧via
Proper noun
Moldavia f
- Moldova
- Synonym: Moldovia
Derived terms
- moldavo
Latin
Proper noun
Moldavia f sg (genitive Moldaviae); first declension
- (New Latin) Moldova
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
- Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)
Related terms
- moldavo