[boo-kuh-vee-nuh; Rom. boo-kaw-vee-nah] 
| a region in E central Europe, formerly a district in N Romania: now divided between Romania and Ukraine. 4031 sq. mi. (10,440 sq. km). |
| Bu·ko·vi·na also Bu·co·vi·na (bōō'kə-vē'nə) A historical region of eastern Europe in western Ukraine and northeast Romania. A part of the Roman province of Dacia, it was overrun by barbarian hordes after the third century A.D. The area was later controlled by Kiev, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria. |
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