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Mol⋅da⋅vi⋅a

[mol-dey-vee-uh, -vyuh]
–noun
1. a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
2. Official name, Moldova. Formerly, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in SE Europe: formed in 1940 from the former republic of Moldavia and the ceded Romanian territory of Bessarabia. 4,341,000, 13,100 sq. mi. (33,929 sq. km). Capital: Kishinev.
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Mol·da·vi·a   (mŏl-dā'vē-ə, -dāv'yə, môl-)   
  1. A historical region of eastern Romania east of Transylvania. Part of the Roman province of Dacia, it became a principality in the 14th century and passed to the Ottoman Empire in 1504, although it was continually attacked and often controlled by other powers. In 1861 Moldavia united with Wallachia to form the nucleus of modern Romania.

  2. See Moldova.

Mol·da'vi·an adj. & n.
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