[mol-dey-vee-uh, -vyuh] 
| 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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