Bessarabia

See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia

English

Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессарабія (Bessarabija)), after the royal House of Basarab.

Proper noun

Bessarabia

(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 (Besarabija)
Czech: Besarábie (cs) f
Danish: Bessarabien
French: Bessarabie (fr) f
German: Bessarabien (de) n
Hungarian: Besszarábia
Interlingue: Bessarabia
Polish: Besarabia (pl) f
Portuguese: Bessarábia f

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)

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