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Bessarabia

American  
[bes-uh-rey-bee-uh] / ˌbɛs əˈreɪ bi ə /

noun

  1. a region in Moldova, on the W shore of the Black Sea: formerly in Romania.


Bessarabia British  
/ ˌbɛsəˈreɪbɪə /

noun

  1. a region in E Europe, mostly in Moldova and Ukraine: long disputed by the Turks and Russians; a province of Romania from 1918 until 1940. Area: about 44 300 sq km (17 100 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Friday’s ceremony celebrated the 105th anniversary of Great Union Day of 1918 when modern-day Romania was formed after its unification with the neighboring regions of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Vladimir last week also defrocked six priests who had left his church to join its rival, the Metropolis of Bessarabia, which commands 25 percent of dioceses in the country.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

It takes about half an hour to cook, stirring constantly, says Roza Jaffe, a home cook and Holocaust survivor from the region of Bessarabia, which today straddles Moldova and Ukraine.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

Through messaging, they had uncovered that their great-grandfathers were from neighboring small towns in Bessarabia, now Moldova.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021

Russia had recovered the lost portion of Bessarabia, and Austria had practically annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, though the nominal suzerainty of the sultan over the two provinces was maintained.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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