Bessarabia

See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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: البصعربيّة
• Armenian: Բեսարաբիա (hy) (Besarabia)
• Bulgarian: Бесарабия (Besarabija)
• Czech: Besarábie (cs) f
• Danish: Bessarabien
• French: Bessarabie (fr) f
• German: Bessarabien (de) n
• Hungarian: Besszarábia
• Interlingue:
• Polish: Besarabia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bessarábia f
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• 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)