Bessarabia
See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija)), after the royal House of Basarab.
Proper noun
editBessarabia
- (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
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Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Romanian Basarabia, after the royal House of Basarab.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBessarabia f
- (historical) Bessarabia (region in Eastern Europe)
Occitan
editProper noun
editBessarabia f (Gascony)
References
edit- Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 145.
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