Transnistria

See also: Transnístria

English

Moldova in purple, Transnistria in yellow

Etymology

From Romanian Transnistria, from Latin trans + Romanian Nistru (“Dniester”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “beyond the river Dniester”. Analyzable as trans- +‎ Romanian Nistru +‎ -ia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈnɪsˌtɹi.ə/, enPR: trănz-nĭsʹtrē'ə

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Transnistria

1. (historical) A former governorate of Romania during World War II, established in 1941 and captured by Soviet forces in 1944.
3. A geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova.

Usage notes

• Despite Transnistria being by far the most common name in English, the term is considered very offensive by the breakaway government, with Pridnestrovie being the name in official use by the state.

Alternative forms

• Transdniestria, Trans-Dniester

Synonyms

• Pridnestrovie

Derived terms

• Transnistrian

Translations

Transnistria, an autonomous territory in Moldova

• Abkhaz: Приднестровиа (Pʼridnestʼrovja)
• Arabic: تْرَانْسْنِيسْتْرِيَا f (transnistriyā)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܛܪܐܢܣܢܝܣܛܪܝܐ

• Armenian: Մերձդնեստր (Merjdnestr)
• Asturian: Transnistria f
• Azerbaijani: Dnestryanı
• Basque: Transnistria
• Belarusian: Прыднястро́ўе n (Prydnjastrówje)
• Bulgarian: Приднестро́вие n (Pridnestróvie)
• Catalan: Transnístria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德涅斯特河沿岸 (zh) (Dénièsītèhéyán'àn), 涅斯特里亞 (Nièsītèlǐyà), 德左 (zh) (Dézuǒ)

• Czech: Podněstří n, Podněstersko (cs) n
• Danish: Transnistrien n
• Dutch: Transnistrië n
• Esperanto: Ĉednestrio, Transdnestrio, Transnistrio
• Estonian: Transnistria
• Finnish: Transnistria (fi)
• French: Transnistrie (fr) f
• Georgian: დნესტრისპირეთი (dnesṭrisṗireti)
• German: Transnistrien (de) n
• Greek: Υπερδνειστερία (el) f (Yperdneistería)
• Hebrew: טרנסניסטריה f
• Hindi: ट्रान्सनिस्ट्रिया (hi) m (ṭrānsanisṭriyā)
• Hungarian: Dnyeszter-mellék, Transznisztria
• Icelandic: Transnistría f
• Indonesian: Transnistria
• Irish: an Tras-dnístiria f
• Italian: Transnistria f
• Japanese: 沿ドニエストル (えんドニエストル, En Doniesutoru), トランスニストリア (Toransunisutoria)
• Kazakh: Транснистрия (Transnistriä)
• Korean: 트란스니스트리아 (ko) (Teuranseuniseuteuria)
• Kyrgyz: Приднестров (Pridnestrov)
• Latin: Trānsdanastria f, Trānstyrānia f
• Latvian: Piedņestra f
• Lithuanian: Padniestrė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Придњестровие n (Pridnjestrovie)
• Marathi: ट्रांसनिस्ट्रिया (ṭrāusnisṭriyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Transnistria n

• Occitan: Transnístria f
• Persian: ترنسنیستریا (toransnistriyâ)
• Piedmontese: Transnistria f
• Polish: Naddniestrze (pl) n
• Portuguese: Transnístria (pt) f
• Romanian: Transnistria f

  Cyrillic: Транснистриа f (Transnistria)

• Russian: Приднестро́вье (ru) n (Pridnestróvʹje), Трансни́стрия f (Transnístrija)
• Scots: Transnistrie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Придњестровље n

  Roman: Pridnjestrovlje n

• Slovak: Podnestersko n
• Slovene: Transnistrija f, Pridnjestrovje n
• Spanish: Transnistria f
• Swedish: Transnistrien (sv) n
• Thai: ทรานส์นีสเตรีย
• Ukrainian: Придністро́в'я n (Prydnistróvʺja), Трансні́стрія f (Transnístrija)
• Uzbek: Dnestrboʻyi

  Cyrillic: Днестрбўйи (Dnestrboʻyi)

Further reading

• Transnistria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansˈnistɾja/ [t̪ɾãnzˈnis̪.t̪ɾja]
• Rhymes: -istɾja
• Syllabification: Trans‧nis‧tria

Proper noun

Transnistria f

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trans̺nis̺tria/ [t̪rãnz̺.nis̺.t̪ri.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: Trans‧nis‧tri‧a

Proper noun

Transnistria inan

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Declension

Declension of Transnistria (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Transnistria
ergative	Transnistriak
dative	Transnistriari
genitive	Transnistriaren
comitative	Transnistriarekin
causative	Transnistriarengatik
benefactive	Transnistriarentzat
instrumental	Transnistriaz
innesive	Transnistrian
locative	Transnistriako
allative	Transnistriara
terminative	Transnistriaraino
directive	Transnistriarantz
destinative	Transnistriarako
ablative	Transnistriatik
partitive	Transnistriarik
prolative	Transnistriatzat

Further reading

• “154.- Europako eskualde historiko-politiko nagusiak [Main historical-political regions of Europe]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2008

Estonian

Proper noun

Transnistria

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Finnish

Etymology

From Romanian Transnistria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑnsˌnistriɑ/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠ˌnis̠.triɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -istriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Trans‧nist‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Trans‧nistria

Proper noun

Transnistria

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Declension

Inflection of Transnistria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Transnistria	—
genitive		Transnistrian	—
partitive		Transnistriaa	—
illative		Transnistriaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Transnistria	—
accusative	nom.	Transnistria	—
	gen.	Transnistrian
genitive		Transnistrian	—
partitive		Transnistriaa	—
inessive		Transnistriassa	—
elative		Transnistriasta	—
illative		Transnistriaan	—
adessive		Transnistrialla	—
ablative		Transnistrialta	—
allative		Transnistrialle	—
essive		Transnistriana	—
translative		Transnistriaksi	—
abessive		Transnistriatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Transnistria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Transnistriani — accusative nom. Transnistriani — gen. Transnistriani genitive Transnistriani — partitive Transnistriaani — inessive Transnistriassani — elative Transnistriastani — illative Transnistriaani — adessive Transnistriallani — ablative Transnistrialtani — allative Transnistrialleni — essive Transnistrianani — translative Transnistriakseni — abessive Transnistriattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Transnistriasi — accusative nom. Transnistriasi — gen. Transnistriasi genitive Transnistriasi — partitive Transnistriaasi — inessive Transnistriassasi — elative Transnistriastasi — illative Transnistriaasi — adessive Transnistriallasi — ablative Transnistrialtasi — allative Transnistriallesi — essive Transnistrianasi — translative Transnistriaksesi — abessive Transnistriattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Transnistriamme — accusative nom. Transnistriamme — gen. Transnistriamme genitive Transnistriamme — partitive Transnistriaamme — inessive Transnistriassamme — elative Transnistriastamme — illative Transnistriaamme — adessive Transnistriallamme — ablative Transnistrialtamme — allative Transnistriallemme — essive Transnistrianamme — translative Transnistriaksemme — abessive Transnistriattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Transnistrianne — accusative nom. Transnistrianne — gen. Transnistrianne genitive Transnistrianne — partitive Transnistriaanne — inessive Transnistriassanne — elative Transnistriastanne — illative Transnistriaanne — adessive Transnistriallanne — ablative Transnistrialtanne — allative Transnistriallenne — essive Transnistriananne — translative Transnistriaksenne — abessive Transnistriattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Transnistriansa — accusative nom. Transnistriansa — gen. Transnistriansa genitive Transnistriansa — partitive Transnistriaansa — inessive Transnistriassaan Transnistriassansa — elative Transnistriastaan Transnistriastansa — illative Transnistriaansa — adessive Transnistriallaan Transnistriallansa — ablative Transnistrialtaan Transnistrialtansa — allative Transnistrialleen Transnistriallensa — essive Transnistrianaan Transnistrianansa — translative Transnistriakseen Transnistriaksensa — abessive Transnistriattaan Transnistriattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Indonesian

Proper noun

Transnistria

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Italian

Alternative forms

• Transinistria

Etymology

trans- +‎ Nistro +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtranzˈnis.trja/, /ˌtran.siˈnis.trja/

Proper noun

Transnistria f

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Transnistria

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Piedmontese

Proper noun

Transnistria f

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Транснистриа (Transnistria) — Moldovan Cyrillic

Etymology

From trans- +‎ Nistru +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [transˈni.stri.a]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Transnistria f

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)

Declension

	singular
	definite
nominative-accusative	Transnistria
genitive-dative	Transnistriei

Derived terms

• transnistrean

Related terms

• Nistru (river)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansˈnistɾja/ [t̪ɾãnzˈnis.t̪ɾja]
• Rhymes: -istɾja
• Syllabification: Trans‧nis‧tria

Proper noun

Transnistria f

1. Transnistria (a geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova)