Meanings
proper noun
- historicalA former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania.
- Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova).
- nonstandardNonstandard form of Moldova.
In Moldavia, a young Leonid Brezhnev orchestrated the postwar subjugation of the newly annexed Romanian territory, ordering thousands of executions and shipping off 30,000 people to Siberian labor camps.
1992, Richard Nixon, “The Former Evil Empire”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 摩爾達維亞 /摩尔达维亚
- 摩爾達維亞 /摩尔达维亚 (Mó'ěrdáwéiyà)region
Czech Moldavsko
- Moldavskoregion
Danish Moldavien
- Moldavienregion
Finnish Moldavia
- Moldaviaregion
German Moldawien
- Moldawienregion
Icelandic Moldavía
- Moldavíaregion
Japanese モルダビア
- モルダビアregion
Latvian Moldāvija
- Moldāvijaregion
Norwegian Bokmål Moldavia
- Moldaviaregion
Romanian Moldova, Principatul Moldovei
- Moldovaregion
- Principatul Moldoveiregion
- Țara Moldoveiregion
Russian Молда́вия, Молдо́ва
- Молда́вия (Moldávija)region
- Молдо́ва (Moldóva)region
Ukrainian Молда́вія, Молдо́ва
- Молда́вія (Moldávija)region
- Молдо́ва (Moldóva)region
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Moldavia
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APA
Moldavia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldavia
MLA
“Moldavia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldavia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moldavia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldavia.
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