Bessarabia
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See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia
English
Etymology
From Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija)), after the royal House of Basarab.
Proper noun
Bessarabia
- (historical) A geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. Now divided between Moldova and Ukraine.
Translations
region
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Italian
Etymology
From Romanian Basarabia, after the royal House of Basarab.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bessarabia f
- (historical) Bessarabia (region in Eastern Europe)
Occitan
Proper noun
Bessarabia f (Gascony)
References
- Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 145.