Bessarabia

English

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Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia (cf. Ukrainian Бессарабія), 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

• Armenian: Բեսարաբիա (hy) (Besarabia) 
• Bulgarian: Бесарабия (bg) (Besarabija) 
• Czech: Besarábie (cs) f
• French: Bessarabie (fr) f
• German: Bessarabien (de) n
• Hungarian: Besszarábia (hu)
• Polish: Besarabia (pl) f

• Romanian: Basarabia (ro)
• Russian: Бессарабия (ru) (Bessarábija) f 
• Spanish: Besarabia (es) f
• Turkish: Besarabya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бесарабія (uk) f (Besarabija)
• Volapük: Besarabän (vo)
• Yiddish: בעסאַראַביע (yi)