Moldova

See also Moldovā

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Moldava
• Moldavia
• Moldovia

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”), via Moldavia. See Name of Moldova for more information.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɒlˈdəʊ.və/
• (US) IPA: /mɔlˈdoʊ.və/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Moldova

1. A country in Europe, situated between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east, north and south. Official name: Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Republica Moldova).
2. A region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova

Related terms

• Moldavian, Moldovian
• Moldovan
• Moldavian SSR

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Молдова (ab) (Moldova)
• Afrikaans: Moldowa (af)
• Albanian: Moldavia (sq)
• Amharic: ሞልዶቫ (am) (moldova)
• Arabic: مولدوفا (ar) (moldōva) f, مولدافيا (ar) (moldafya) f
• Aramaic: ܡܘܠܕܘܒܐ
• Armenian: Մոլդովա (hy) (Moldova) 
• Azeri: Moldova (az)
• Basque: Moldavia (eu)
• Belarusian: Малдова (be) (Maldóva) f , Малдавiя (be) (Maldávija) f 
• Bengali: মলদোভা (bn) (Môldobha)
• Breton: Moldova (br)
• Bulgarian: Молдова (bg) (Moldóva) f 
• Burmese: မော်လ်ဒိုဗာနိုင်ငံ (my)
• Catalan: Moldàvia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎼᎸᏙᏩ (chr) (molvdowa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩爾多瓦 (cmn), 摩尔多瓦 (cmn) (Mó'ěrduōwǎ)

• Czech: Moldavsko (cs) n
• Danish: Moldova (da)
• Dutch: Moldavië (nl)
• Esperanto: Moldavio (eo), Moldavujo (eo)
• Faroese: Moldova (fo) n
• Finnish: Moldova (fi)
• French: Moldavie (fr) f
• Georgian: მოლდოვა (ka) (moldova) 
• German: Moldawien (de) n, Moldau (de) n, Moldova (de)
• Greek: Μολδαβία (el) (Moldavía) f 
• Hebrew: מולדובה (he)
• Hindi: मोल्दाविया (hi) (moldāviyā), माल्डोवा (hi) (mālḍovā)
• Hungarian: Moldova (hu)
• Icelandic: Moldavía (is) f
• Indonesian: Moldova (id)
• Irish: An Mholdóiv (ga) f
• Italian: Moldavia (it) f, Moldovia (it) f
• Japanese: モルドヴァ (ja) (Morudova), モルドバ (ja) (Morudoba), モルダビア (ja) (Morudabia)
• Kannada: ಮಾಲ್ಡೋವ (kn) (mālḍova)
• Kazakh: Молдова (kk) (Moldova) 
• Khmer: ម៉ុលដូវ៉ា (km) (moldoovaa)
• Korean: 몰도바 (ko) (Moldoba)
• Kyrgyz: Молдова (ky) (Moldova) 
• Lao: ໂມນດາວີ (lo)

• Latvian: Moldova (lv) f
• Macedonian: Молдавија (mk) (Moldávija) f
• Malay: Moldova (ms)
• Malayalam: മൊള്‍ഡോവ (ml) (moḷ‍ḍōva)
• Maltese: il-Moldova (mt)
• Mongolian: Молдав улс (mn) (Moldav uls) , Молдав (mn) (Moldav) 
• Nepali: मोल्दोवा (ne) (moldovā)
• Norwegian: Moldova (no)
• Ossetian: Молдави (Moldavi)
• Persian: مولداوی (fa) (Muldâvi)
• Polish: Mołdawia (pl) f, Mołdowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Moldávia (pt) f
• Romanian: (Republica) Moldova (ro) f

  Cyrillic: Молдова (ro) f

• Russian: Молдова (ru) (Moldóva) f , Молдавия (ru) (Moldávija) f 
• Sanskrit: मोल्दोवा (sa) (moldovā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Молдова (sh) f, Молдавија (sh) f

  Roman: Moldova (sh) f, Moldavija (sh) f

• Silesian: Mołdawijo f
• Sinhalese: මෝල්ඩෝවා (si)
• Slovak: Moldavsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Moldávija (sl) f
• Spanish: Moldavia (es) f
• Swahili: Moldova (sw)
• Swedish: Moldavien (sv)
• Tagalog: Moldova (tl)
• Tajik: Молдова (tg) (Moldova) 
• Tamil: மல்டோவா (ta) (malṭovā)
• Tatar: Молдавия (tt) (Moldaviä)
• Telugu: మోల్డోవా (te) (molḍovā)
• Thai: ประเทศมอลโดวา (th) (bpràtêt mon-doh-waa), มอลโดวา (th) (mon-doh-waa)
• Turkish: Moldova (tr)
• Turkmen: Moldawiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Молдова (uk) (Moldóva) f , Молдавія (uk) (Moldávija) f 
• Urdu: مالدووا (ur) (māldovā), مالڈووا (ur) (mālḍovā)
• Uyghur: مولدوۋا (ug)
• Uzbek: Moldova (uz)
• Vietnamese: Moldova (vi)
• Yiddish: מאלדאווע (yi)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Moldova

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

Declension

Declension of Moldova (type koira) singular plural nominative Moldova – genitive Moldovan – partitive Moldovaa – accusative Moldova Moldovan – inessive Moldovassa – elative Moldovasta – illative Moldovaan – adessive Moldovalla – ablative Moldovalta – allative Moldovalle – essive Moldovana – translative Moldovaksi – instructive – – abessive Moldovatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• Moldavia

Derived terms

• moldovalainen

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Galician

Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Moldova (Eiropā)

Moldovas karogs

Etymology

A borrowing from Romanian Moldova, from the name of the Moldova river. The origin of this word is unclear. The suffix -ova is probably of Slavic origin. The stem may come from Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”) (cf. the river Mulde in Germany, and also Moldau, the German name of the Czech river Vltava). Or it may be related to Romanian molid (“spruce”), though the loss of the i in this word is difficult to explain. (A folk etymology, mentioned by Dimitrie Cantemir, derives it from Molda, the name of Price Dragoș's dog who drowned in the Moldova River while attempting to hunt an aurochs, prompting the prince to name the river after him.)

Proper noun

Moldova f, 4th declension

1. Moldova (country in Eastern Europe, with Chișinău as its capital)

   Moldovas karogs — the flag of Moldova

   Moldovas prezidents — the president of Moldova

   Moldova atrodas starp Rumāniju un Ukrainu — Moldova is located between Romania and Ukraine

Declension

declension of Moldova

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Moldova	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Moldovu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Moldovas	—
dative (datīvs)	Moldovai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Moldovu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Moldovā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Moldova	—

Synonyms

• Moldāvija
• Moldovas Republika

Related terms

• moldāvs, moldāvietis, moldāviete
• moldāvisks
• moldāvu valoda, moldāviešu valoda

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Maltese

Wikipedia ^mt

Proper noun

Il-Moldova f

1. Moldova

Synonyms

• Il-Moldovja

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

Related terms

• moldover
• moldovsk

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Romanian

Wikipedia ^ro

Alternative forms

• Молдова (post-1940s Cyrillic form)

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”); cf. the river Mulde in Germany and Moldau, the German name of the river Vltava, which may be of related origin. A folk etymology, according to Dimitrie Cantemir, derives it from the name of the Moldova River, which was supposedly named by Prince Dragoș after his hound, Molda, who drowned in it while attempting to hunt an aurochs. Other attempts have been made to link it to molid (“spruce”), but the phonetic transition seems uncertain. The suffix -ova seems to be of Slavic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mol.do.va]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova (the country)
2. Moldova (the region within Romania, adjacent to the country of the same name)

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Moldova
Gen/Dat	Moldovei

Synonyms

• (country): Republica Moldova

Derived terms

• moldovean
• moldovenesc
• moldoveneşte

See also

• limba moldovenească