Bessarabia

Bessarabia

See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia

English

Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессарабія (Bessarabija)), after the royal House of Basarab.

Proper noun

Bessarabia

1. (historical) A geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. Now divided between Moldova and Ukraine.

Translations

region

Arabic: البِصَعْرَبِيَّة‎ (al-biṣaʿrabiyya) Armenian: Բեսարաբիա (hy) (Besarabia) Bulgarian: Бесарабия (Besarabija) Czech: Besarábie (cs) f Danish: Bessarabien Dutch: Bessarabië n Esperanto: Besarabio French: Bessarabie (fr) f German: Bessarabien (de) n Greek: Βεσσαραβία (el) f (Vessaravía) Hungarian: Besszarábia Occitan: Bessarabia f Polish: Besarabia (pl) f Portuguese: Bessarábia f Romanian: Basarabia Russian: Бессара́бия (ru) f (Bessarábija) Slovak: Besarábia f Spanish: Besarabia f Turkish: Besarabya Ukrainian: Бесарабія f (Besarabija) Volapük: Besarabän (vo) Yiddish: בעסאַראַביע‎ (besarabye)

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Italian

Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia, after the royal House of Basarab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bes.saˈra.bja/
• Rhymes: -abja
• Hyphenation: Bes‧sa‧rà‧bia

Proper noun

Bessarabia f

1. (historical) Bessarabia (region in Eastern Europe)

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Occitan

Proper noun

Bessarabia f (Gascony)

1. (historical) Bessarabia

References

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 145.