Meanings
alternative Moldava · alternative Moldavia · alternative Moldovia
- A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Moldova. Capital and largest city: Chișinău.
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Romania has been downgraded to a "hybrid regime" in the 2024 Democracy Index published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Thursday, February 27. Its score dropped from 6.45 to 5.99, pushing it out of the "flawed democracy" category and down 12 places to rank 72nd globally, between Moldova and Papua New Guinea, Agerpres reported.
2025 February 28, Irina Marica, “Romania downgraded to 'hybrid regime' in new democracy index”, in Romania Insider, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025 - A region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova.
Synonyms: Moldavia, Romanian Moldavia, Western Moldavia
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova.
Origin
Unclear; see Romanian Moldova for theories.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Moldowa, Moldawië
- Moldowacountry
- Moldawiëcountry
Arabic مُولْدُوفَا, مُولْدَافِيَا
- مُولْدُوفَا (mūldūfā)country
- مُولْدَافِيَا (mūldāfiyā)country
Basque Moldavia
- Moldaviacountry
Bengali মলদোভা
- মলদোভা (moldōbha)country
Bulgarian Молдо́ва
- Молдо́ва (Moldóva)country
Catalan Moldàvia
- Moldàviacountry
Chinese Cantonese 摩爾多瓦 /摩尔多瓦
- 摩爾多瓦 /摩尔多瓦 (mo¹ ji⁵ do¹ ngaa⁵)country
Chinese Mandarin 摩爾多瓦 /摩尔多瓦, 摩爾達維亞 /摩尔达维亚
- 摩爾多瓦 /摩尔多瓦 (Mó'ěrduōwǎ)country
- 摩爾達維亞 /摩尔达维亚 (Mó'ěrdáwéiyǎ)country
Czech Moldavsko
- Moldavskocountry
Danish Moldova, Moldavien
- Moldovacountry
- Moldaviencountry
Dutch Moldavië
- Moldaviëcountry
Esperanto Moldavio, Moldavujo
- Moldaviocountry
- Moldavujocountry
Estonian Moldova, Moldaavia
- Moldovacountry
- Moldaaviacountry
Finnish Moldova, Moldavia
- Moldovacountry
- Moldaviacountry
French Moldavie, Moldova
- Moldaviecountry
- Moldovacountry
German Moldawien, Moldau
- Moldawiencountry
- Moldaucountry
- Moldovacountry
Greek Μολδαβία
- Μολδαβία (Moldavía)country
Hebrew מוֹלְדוֹבָה, מוֹלְדַּבְיָה
- מוֹלְדוֹבָה (moldova)country
- מוֹלְדַּבְיָה (moldávya)country
Hindi मोल्दोवा
- मोल्दोवा (moldovā)country
Hungarian Moldova
- Moldovacountry
Icelandic Moldóva
- Moldóvacountry
Indonesian Moldova
- Moldovacountry
Irish An Mholdóiv
- An Mholdóivcountry
Italian Moldova, Moldavia
- Moldovacountry
- Moldaviacountry
- Moldoviacountry
Japanese モルドバ, モルドヴァ
- モルドバ (Morudoba)country
- モルドヴァ (Morudova)country
- モルダビア (Morudabia)country
Korean 몰도바, 몰다비아
- 몰도바 (Moldoba)country
- 몰다비아 (Moldabia)country
Latvian Moldova, Moldāvija
- Moldovacountry
- Moldāvijacountry
Lithuanian Moldavija, Moldova
- Moldavijacountry
- Moldovacountry
Malay Moldova
- Moldovacountry
Māori Morotawa, Morotouwa
- Morotawacountry
- Morotouwacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Moldova, Moldavia
- Moldovacountry
- Moldaviacountry
Polish Mołdawia, Mołdowa
- Mołdawiacountry
- Mołdowacountry
Portuguese Moldávia, Moldova
- Moldáviacountry
- Moldovacountry
Romanian Moldova, Молдова
- Moldovacountry
- Молдова (Moldova)country
- Мѡлдова (Moldova)country
Russian Молдо́ва, Молда́вия
- Молдо́ва (Moldóva)country
- Молда́вия (Moldávija)country
Slovak Moldavsko
- Moldavskocountry
Spanish Moldavia, Moldova
- Moldaviacountry
- Moldovacountry
Swahili Moldova
- Moldovacountry
Swedish Moldavien, Moldau
- Moldaviencountry
- Moldaucountry
Tagalog Moldabya
- Moldabyacountry
Tamil மல்டோவா
- மல்டோவா (malṭōvā)country
Thai มอลโดวา
- มอลโดวา (mɔl-doo-wâa)country
Turkish Moldova
- Moldovacountry
Ukrainian Молдо́ва, Молда́вія
- Молдо́ва (Moldóva)country
- Молда́вія (Moldávija)country
Urdu مالْدووا, مالْڈووا
- مالْدووا (māldovā)country
- مالْڈووا (mālḍovā)country
Vietnamese Môn-đô-va
- Môn-đô-vacountry
Yiddish מאָלדאָווע
- מאָלדאָווע (moldove)country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Moldova
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Moldova. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldova
“Moldova.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldova. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Moldova,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Moldova.
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