a former principality of E Europe, consisting of the basins of the Rivers Prut and Dniester: the E part (Bessarabia) became Moldova; the W part remains a province of Romania
Moldavia in American English
(mɑlˈdeɪviə; mɑlˈdeɪvjə)
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region & former principality in E Europe, east of the Carpathians: merged with Walachia (1861) to form Romania