Dictionary  Mol•da•vi•aPronunciation: (mol-dā'vē-u, -vyu), [key] —n. 1. a region in NE Rumania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Rumania. Cap.: Jassy. 2. Official name, Moldova. Formerly, Molda'vian So'viet So'cialist Repub'lic. a republic in SE Europe: formed in 1940 from the former republic of Moldavia and the ceded Rumanian territory of Bessarabia. 4,341,000, 13,100 sq. mi. (33,929 sq. km). Cap.: Kishinev. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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