Moldova

See also: moldova and Moldovā

English

Moldova within Europe.

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/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /mɑlˈdoʊ.və/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊvə
• Hyphenation: Mol‧do‧va

Proper noun

Moldova

2. A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Moldova. Capital and largest city: Chișinău.
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

6. A river in Romania.

Related terms

• Moldavian, Moldovian
• Moldovan
• Moldavian SSR

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Молдова (Moldova)
• Acehnese: Moldova
• Afrikaans: Moldowa (af), Moldawië (af)
• Albanian: Moldavi (indefinite), Moldavia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ሞልዶቫ (moldova)
• Arabic: مُولْدُوفَا f (moldōvā, moldōfā), مُولْدَافِيَا f (moldafiyā, moldafiyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: مولدوفا f (mōldōfa, mōldōva)

• Armenian: Մոլդովա (hy) (Moldova), Մոլդավիա (Moldavia)
• Aromanian: Muldavii f, Muldavie f, Muldhavii f, Muldhavie f (indefinite), Muldavia f, Muldhavia (definite)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܿܠܕܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ f (moldova)
• Asturian: Moldova (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Moldova (az), Moldaviya
• Bashkir: Молдова (Moldova)
• Basque: Moldavia (eu)
• Belarusian: Малдо́ва f (Maldóva), Малда́вія f (Maldávija)
• Bengali: মলদোভা (bn) (moldōbha)
• Breton: Moldova
• Bulgarian: Молдо́ва (bg) f (Moldóva)
• Burmese: မော်လ်ဒိုဗာ (maulduiba)
• Catalan: Moldàvia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎼᎸᏙᏩ (molvdowa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩爾多瓦／摩尔多瓦 (mo¹ ji⁵ do¹ ngaa⁵)

  Mandarin: 摩爾多瓦／摩尔多瓦 (zh) (Mó'ěrduōwǎ), 摩爾達維亞／摩尔达维亚 (zh) (Mó'ěrdáwéiyǎ)

• Czech: Moldavsko (cs) n
• Danish: Moldova (da) n
• Dutch: Moldavië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Moldavio, Moldavujo
• Estonian: Moldova (et), Moldaavia (dated)
• Faroese: Moldova n
• Finnish: Moldova (fi), (dated) Moldavia (fi)
• French: Moldavie (fr) f, Moldova (fr) f
• Galician: Moldavia f
• Georgian: მოლდოვა (moldova), მოლდავეთი (moldaveti)
• German: Moldawien (de) n; (officialese) Moldau (de) f, Moldova (de) n
• Greek: Μολδαβία (el) f (Moldavía)
• Hausa: Maldoba
• Hebrew: מוֹלְדוֹבָה f (moldova), מוֹלְדַּבְיָה f (moldávya)
• 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, Moldova f
• Japanese: モルドバ (ja) (Morudoba), モルドヴァ (ja) (Morudova), モルダビア (Morudabia)
• Kannada: ಮಾಲ್ಡೋವ (kn) (mālḍōva)
• Kazakh: Молдова (kk) (Moldova), Молдавия (Moldaviä)
• Khmer: ម៉ុលដូវ៉ា (moldouvaa)
• Korean: 몰도바 (ko) (Moldoba), 몰다비아 (Moldabia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Moldova (ku), Moldavî (ku), Moldavya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Молдова (ky) (Moldova), Молдавия (Moldaviya)
• Lao: ໂມນດາວີ (mōn dā wī)
• Latvian: Moldova (lv) f, Moldāvija f
• Lithuanian: Moldavija (lt) f, Moldova (lt) f
• Macedonian: Молдавија f (Moldavija)
• Malay: Moldova (ms)
• Malayalam: മൊൾഡോവ (moḷḍōva)
• Maltese: il-Moldova (mt) f
• Maori: Morotawa, Morotouwa
• Marathi: मोल्डोव्हा (molḍovhā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Молдав (Moldav), Молдав улс (Moldav uls)

• Nepali: मोल्दोवा (moldowā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Moldova (no), Moldau (historical)

• Ossetian: Молдави (Moldavi)
• Pashto: مولداويا f (moldāwyā)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مولْداوی (moldâvi)

• Polish: Mołdawia (pl) f, Mołdowa f
• Portuguese: Moldávia (pt) f, Moldova (pt) f
• Romanian: (Republica) Moldova (ro) f

  Cyrillic: Молдова (ro) f (Moldova)

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

  Cyrillic: Молдова f, Мо̀лда̄вија f

  Roman: Moldova f, Mòldāvija (sh) f

• Silesian: Mołdawijo f
• Sinhalese: මෝල්ඩෝවා (mōlḍōwā)
• Slovak: Moldavsko n
• Slovene: Moldávija (sl) f
• Spanish: Moldavia (es) f
• Swahili: Moldova (sw)
• Swedish: Moldavien (sv) n, Moldau (sv) n (historical)
• Tagalog: Moldabya
• Tajik: Молдова (Moldova), Молдавия (Moldaviya)
• Tamil: மல்டோவா (malṭōvā)
• Tatar: Молдавия (Moldawiyä)
• Telugu: మోల్డోవా (te) (mōlḍōvā)
• Thai: มอลโดวา (th) (mɔl-doo-wâa)
• Tigrinya: ሞልዶቫ (moldova)
• Turkish: Moldova (tr)
• Turkmen: Moldawiýa, Moldowa
• Ukrainian: Молдо́ва (uk) f (Moldóva), Молда́вія f (Moldávija)
• Urdu: مالْدووا m (māldovā), مالْڈووا m (mālḍovā)
• Uyghur: مولدوۋا (moldowa), مولداۋىيە (moldawiye)
• Uzbek: Moldova (uz), Moldaviya
• Vietnamese: Môn-đô-va
• Yiddish: מאָלדאָווע n (moldove)
• Yoruba: Modofia

See also

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

Further reading

• Moldova on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moldova (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Acehnese

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Asturian

Proper noun

Moldova ?

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Estonian

Etymology

From Romanian Moldova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmold̥ovɑ/, [ˈmold̥ovɑ]
• Rhymes: -oldovɑ
• Hyphenation: Mol‧do‧va

Proper noun

Moldova (genitive Moldova, partitive Moldovat)

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Moldova (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Moldova	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Moldova
genitive			—
partitive		Moldovat	—
illative		Moldovasse	—
inessive		Moldovas	—
elative		Moldovast	—
allative		Moldovale	—
adessive		Moldoval	—
ablative		Moldovalt	—
translative		Moldovaks	—
terminative		Moldovani	—
essive		Moldovana	—
abessive		Moldovata	—
comitative		Moldovaga	—

Synonyms

• Moldaavia

Derived terms

• moldova
• moldovlane

 

References

• Moldova in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Romanian Moldova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoldo(ː)ʋɑ/, [ˈmo̞ldo̞(ː)ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oldoʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mol‧do‧va

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

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	—
abessive		Moldovatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Moldova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Moldovani — accusative nom. Moldovani — gen. Moldovani genitive Moldovani — partitive Moldovaani — inessive Moldovassani — elative Moldovastani — illative Moldovaani — adessive Moldovallani — ablative Moldovaltani — allative Moldovalleni — essive Moldovanani — translative Moldovakseni — abessive Moldovattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Moldovasi — accusative nom. Moldovasi — gen. Moldovasi genitive Moldovasi — partitive Moldovaasi — inessive Moldovassasi — elative Moldovastasi — illative Moldovaasi — adessive Moldovallasi — ablative Moldovaltasi — allative Moldovallesi — essive Moldovanasi — translative Moldovaksesi — abessive Moldovattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Moldovamme — accusative nom. Moldovamme — gen. Moldovamme genitive Moldovamme — partitive Moldovaamme — inessive Moldovassamme — elative Moldovastamme — illative Moldovaamme — adessive Moldovallamme — ablative Moldovaltamme — allative Moldovallemme — essive Moldovanamme — translative Moldovaksemme — abessive Moldovattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Moldovanne — accusative nom. Moldovanne — gen. Moldovanne genitive Moldovanne — partitive Moldovaanne — inessive Moldovassanne — elative Moldovastanne — illative Moldovaanne — adessive Moldovallanne — ablative Moldovaltanne — allative Moldovallenne — essive Moldovananne — translative Moldovaksenne — abessive Moldovattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Moldovansa — accusative nom. Moldovansa — gen. Moldovansa genitive Moldovansa — partitive Moldovaansa — inessive Moldovassaan Moldovassansa — elative Moldovastaan Moldovastansa — illative Moldovaansa — adessive Moldovallaan Moldovallansa — ablative Moldovaltaan Moldovaltansa — allative Moldovalleen Moldovallensa — essive Moldovanaan Moldovanansa — translative Moldovakseen Moldovaksensa — abessive Moldovattaan Moldovattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Moldavia

Derived terms

• moldovalainen

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

Gagauz

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)
   • 2021 October 21, “TİKA Başkan Yardımcısı Dr. Mahmut ÇEVİK: Ukrayna hem Moldova gagauzlarına yapılan proektları konuştuk”, in Ana Sözü‎^[1]:

     Nicä bildirdi TİKA Başkan Yardımcısı Dr. Mahmut ÇEVİK, buluşmak zamanında Ukrayna hem Moldova gagauzlarına cümne, kultura hem başka uurlarda Türk İşbirlii hem Koordinaţiya Agenstvosunun (TİKA) tarafından yapılacek hem yapılması lääzım olan proektların kolaylıkları konuşuldu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Galician

Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Moldova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoldovɒ]
• Hyphenation: Mol‧do‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Moldovai Köztársaság)

   Synonym: Moldávia

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Moldova	—
accusative	Moldovát	—
dative	Moldovának	—
instrumental	Moldovával	—
causal-final	Moldováért	—
translative	Moldovává	—
terminative	Moldováig	—
essive-formal	Moldovaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Moldovában	—
superessive	Moldován	—
adessive	Moldovánál	—
illative	Moldovába	—
sublative	Moldovára	—
allative	Moldovához	—
elative	Moldovából	—
delative	Moldováról	—
ablative	Moldovától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Moldováé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Moldováéi	—

Possessive forms of Moldova
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Moldovám	—
2nd person sing.	Moldovád	—
3rd person sing.	Moldovája	—
1st person plural	Moldovánk	—
2nd person plural	Moldovátok	—
3rd person plural	Moldovájuk	—

Derived terms

• moldovai

 

Related terms

• moldáv
• Moldávia
• Moldva

 

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molˈdova/

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

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

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

• Audio (Riga)

  (file)

Proper noun

Moldova f (4th declension)

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

   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

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔlˈdɔː.va/

Proper noun

Il-Moldova f

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

   Synonym: Il-Moldovja

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Moldova

1. (Jersey) Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Republica Moldova

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Related terms

• moldover
• moldovsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Related terms

• moldovar
• moldovsk

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Moldova.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mowˈdo.vɐ/ [moʊ̯ˈdo.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mowˈdo.vɐ/ [moʊ̯ˈdo.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mowˈdo.va/ [moʊ̯ˈdo.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /molˈdo.vɐ/ [moɫˈdo.vɐ], /mɔlˈdo.vɐ/ [mɔɫˈdo.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /molˈdo.vɐ/ [moɫˈdo.vɐ], /mɔlˈdo.vɐ/ [mɔɫˈdo.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /molˈdo.bɐ/ [moɫˈdo.βɐ], /mɔlˈdo.bɐ/ [mɔɫˈdo.βɐ]

Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Synonym of Moldávia: Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: (formal) República da Moldova)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Молдова (Moldova) — 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 Thracian-Illyrian language, from *mol (“mountain”) + *dava (“town”).

For more theories see Name of Moldova on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mol.do.va]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Moldova f

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe; official name: Republica Moldova)
2. Moldova (a river in Romania)
3. Moldova, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova)

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

Derived terms

• moldovean

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Uzbek

Noun

Moldova

1. Moldova (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Moldova

	singular	plural
nominative	Moldova	Moldovalar
genitive	Moldovaning	Moldovalarning
dative	Moldovaga	Moldovalarga
definite accusative	Moldovani	Moldovalarni
locative	Moldovada	Moldovalarda
ablative	Moldovadan	Moldovalardan

Possessive forms of Moldova

my	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovam	Moldovalarim
genitive	Moldovamning	Moldovalarimning
dative	Moldovamga	Moldovalarimga
definite accusative	Moldovamni	Moldovalarimni
locative	Moldovamda	Moldovalarimda
ablative	Moldovamdan	Moldovalarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovang	Moldovalaring
genitive	Moldovangning	Moldovalaringning
dative	Moldovangga	Moldovalaringga
definite accusative	Moldovangni	Moldovalaringni
locative	Moldovangda	Moldovalaringda
ablative	Moldovangdan	Moldovalaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovasi	Moldovalari
genitive	Moldovasining	Moldovalarining
dative	Moldovasiga	Moldovalariga
definite accusative	Moldovasini	Moldovalarini
locative	Moldovasida	Moldovalarida
ablative	Moldovasidan	Moldovalaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovamiz	Moldovalarimiz
genitive	Moldovamizning	Moldovalarimizning
dative	Moldovamizga	Moldovalarimizga
definite accusative	Moldovamizni	Moldovalarimizni
locative	Moldovamizda	Moldovalarimizda
ablative	Moldovamizdan	Moldovalarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovangiz	Moldovalaringiz
genitive	Moldovangizning	Moldovalaringizning
dative	Moldovangizga	Moldovalaringizga
definite accusative	Moldovangizni	Moldovalaringizni
locative	Moldovangizda	Moldovalaringizda
ablative	Moldovangizdan	Moldovalaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	Moldovasi	Moldovalari
genitive	Moldovasining	Moldovalarining
dative	Moldovasiga	Moldovalariga
definite accusative	Moldovasini	Moldovalarini
locative	Moldovasida	Moldovalarida
ablative	Moldovasidan	Moldovalaridan