Moldova

See also: moldova and Moldovā

English

Alternative forms

• Moldava, Moldavia, Moldovia

Etymology

Unclear; see Romanian Moldova for theories.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒlˈdəʊ.və/, /ˈmɒl.də.və/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɔlˈdoʊ.və/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Moldova

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

   Synonyms: Moldavia, Romanian Moldavia, Western Moldavia

Related terms

• Moldavian, Moldovian
• Moldovan
• Moldavian SSR

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Молдова (Moldovā)
• Acehnese: Moldova
• Afrikaans: Moldowa (af)
• Albanian: Moldavia (sq)
• Amharic: ሞልዶቫ (moldova)
• Arabic: مُولْدُوفَا‎ f (moldōvā, moldōfā), مُولْدَافِيَا‎ f (moldafiyā, moldafiyā)
• Aramaic: ܡܘܠܕܘܒܐ‎
• Armenian: Մոլդովա (hy) (Moldova)
• Asturian: Moldova (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Moldova (az)
• Bashkir: Молдова (Moldova)
• Basque: Moldavia (eu)
• Belarusian: Малдо́ва f (Maldóva), Малда́вія f (Maldávija)
• Bengali: মলদোভা (môldobha)
• Breton: Moldova
• Bulgarian: Молдо́ва (bg) f (Moldóva)
• Burmese: မော်လ်ဒိုဗာ (maulduiba)
• Catalan: Moldàvia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎼᎸᏙᏩ (molvdowa)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Moldavsko (cs) n
• Danish: Moldova (da)
• Dutch: Moldavië (nl)
• Esperanto: Moldavio, Moldavujo
• Estonian: Moldova (et), Moldaavia (dated)
• Faroese: Moldova n
• Finnish: Moldova (fi)
• French: Moldavie (fr) f
• Galician: Moldavia f
• Georgian: მოლდოვა (moldova)
• German: Moldawien (de) n; (officialese) Moldau (de) f, Moldova (de) n
• Greek: Μολδαβία (el) f (Moldavía)
• Hausa: Maldoba
• Hebrew: מוֹלְדוֹבָה‎ f (moldova)
• Hindi: मोल्दाविया (moldāviyā), माल्डोवा (mālḍovā)
• Hungarian: Moldova (hu)
• Icelandic: Moldavía f
• Ido: Moldova (io)
• Indonesian: Moldova (id)
• Irish: An Mholdóiv f
• Italian: Moldavia (it) f, Moldovia f
• Japanese: モルドヴァ (Morudova), モルドバ (ja) (Morudoba), モルダビア (Morudabia)
• Kannada: ಮಾಲ್ಡೋವ (kn) (mālḍōva)
• Kazakh: Молдова (Moldova)
• Khmer: ម៉ុលដូវ៉ា (moldouvaa)
• Korean: 몰도바 (Moldoba)

• Kyrgyz: Молдова (Moldova)
• Lao: ໂມນດາວີ (mōn dā wī)
• Latvian: Moldova f
• Lithuanian: Moldavija (lt) f, Moldova (lt) f
• Macedonian: Молдавија f (Moldavija)
• Malay: Moldova
• Malayalam: മൊള്‍ഡോവ (moḷ‍ḍōva)
• Maltese: il-Moldova (mt) f
• Maori: Morotawa, Morotouwa
• Mongolian: Молдав улс (Moldav uls), Молдав (Moldav)
• Nepali: मोल्दोवा (moldowā)
• Norwegian: Moldova (no)
• Ossetian: Молдави (Moldavi)
• Persian: مولداوی‎ (moldâvi)
• Polish: Mołdawia (pl) f, Mołdowa f
• Portuguese: Moldávia (pt) f
• Romanian: (Republica) Moldova (ro) f

  Cyrillic: Молдова (ro) f

• Russian: Молдо́ва (ru) f (Moldóva), Молда́вия (ru) f (Moldávija)
• Sanskrit: मोल्दोवा (moldovā)
• Scots: Moldovae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Молдова f, Молдавија f

  Roman: Moldova f, Moldavija (sh) f

• Silesian: Mołdawijo f
• Sinhalese: මෝල්ඩෝවා (mōlḍōvā)
• Slovak: Moldavsko n
• Slovene: Moldávija (sl) f
• Spanish: Moldavia (es) f
• Swahili: Moldova (sw)
• Swedish: Moldavien (sv)
• Tagalog: Moldabya
• Tajik: Молдова (Moldova)
• Tamil: மல்டோவா (malṭōvā)
• Tatar: Молдавия (Moldawiya)
• Telugu: మోల్డోవా (te) (mōlḍōvā)
• Thai: มอลโดวา (th) (mɔɔn-doo-wâa)
• Turkish: Moldova (tr)
• Turkmen: Moldawiýa
• Ukrainian: Молдо́ва (uk) f (Moldóva), Молда́вія f (Moldávija)
• Urdu: مالدووا‎ (māldovā), مالڈووا‎ (mālḍovā)
• Uyghur: مولدوۋا‎ (moldowa)
• Uzbek: Moldova (uz)
• Vietnamese: Môn-đô-va
• Yiddish: מאָלדאָווע‎ (moldove)
• Yoruba: Modofia

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Moldova
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

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Acehnese

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

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Asturian

Proper noun

Moldova ?

1. Moldova (country)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• Moldaavia

Derived terms

• moldovlane

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Finnish

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

Declension

Inflection of Moldova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Moldova	—
genitive		Moldovan	—
partitive		Moldovaa	—
illative		Moldovaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Moldova	—
accusative	nom.	Moldova	—
	gen.	Moldovan
genitive		Moldovan	—
partitive		Moldovaa	—
inessive		Moldovassa	—
elative		Moldovasta	—
illative		Moldovaan	—
adessive		Moldovalla	—
ablative		Moldovalta	—
allative		Moldovalle	—
essive		Moldovana	—
translative		Moldovaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Moldovatta	—
comitative		—	—

Synonyms

• Moldavia

Derived terms

• moldovalainen

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Galician

Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molˈdova/

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Latvian

Moldova (Eiropā)

Moldovas karogs

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Moldova, from the name of the Moldova river. The origin of this word is unclear.

Pronunciation

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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 (4th declension)

	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

Proper noun

Il-Moldova f

1. Moldova

Synonyms

• Il-Moldovja

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Norman

Proper noun

Moldova

1. (Jersey) Moldavia

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Norwegian Bokmål

Republica Moldova

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova, or Moldavia

Related terms

• moldover
• moldovsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova, or Moldavia

Related terms

• moldovar
• moldovsk

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• Молдова (post-1930s Cyrillic form)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. The suffix -ova is probably of Slavic origin. Theories about the first element:

• It is possibly ultimately from Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust, mud”) (possibly Moldavia); compare the river Mulde in Germany and Moldau, the German name of the river Vltava, which may be of related origin.
• Alternatively, it may be related to Romanian molid (“spruce”), though the loss of the i in this word is difficult to explain.
• A folk etymology, according to Dimitrie Cantemir, says the name of the Moldova River comes from Prince Dragoș, after his hound Molda, who drowned in it while attempting to hunt an aurochs.
• The Romanian people may have called themselves "Moldoveni" or "Munteni" (literally "of the mountains") so Moldova may alternatively derive from a Thraco-Illyrian language, from *mol (“mountain”) + *dava (“town”).

See Name of Moldova for more theories.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mol.do.va]

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Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova (a river in Romania)
2. Moldova (a country in Europe)
3. Moldova (a region of Romania)

Declension

declension of Moldova (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) Moldovă	Moldova
genitive/dative	(unei) Moldove	Moldovei
vocative	Moldovă, Moldovo

Synonyms

• (country): Republica Moldova

Derived terms

• moldovean

See also

• limba moldovenească