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Bessarabia

/ˌbɛsəˈɹeɪbiə/

Bessarabia proper noun: a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine.

Proper noun

Bessarabia

  1. (historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine.

Bessarabia meaning in Arabic

Bessarabia in Arabic

region
بِيسَارَابِيَا bīsārābiyā

Origin of Bessarabia

Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija)), after the royal House of Basarab.

Words formed from Bessarabia

Questions about Bessarabia

What does Bessarabia mean?
Bessarabia means a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine.
What is Bessarabia in Arabic?
Bessarabia in Arabic is بِيسَارَابِيَا (bīsārābiyā). See Bessarabia meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Bessarabia?
Bessarabia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bessarabia?
Bessarabia is pronounced /ˌbɛsəˈɹeɪbiə/.

Words near Bessarabia in the dictionary

  1. Bess bug
  2. Bess bugs
  3. bessa
  4. Bessacarr
  5. Bessant
  6. Bessarabia
  7. Bessarabian
  8. Bessarabians
  9. bessas
  10. Bessbrook
  11. bessbug

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