Chişinău

[kee-shee-nuh-oo]

noun

1. Romanian name of Kishinev.

Chişinǎu

/ kiʃiˈnəu /

noun

1. Russian name: Kishinev. the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Aliona Onofrei, a senior consultant at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research in Chişinău, acknowledges these issues, and says that there are already a number of projects aiming to address brain drain.

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Among the academics running for parliament are Serghei Cataranciuc, who leads the mathematics department at Moldova State University in Chişinău, an economics professor and five political scientists and historians.

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“Cataranciuc is one of the best mathematicians in Moldova. It’s great that he’s running for a seat in the parliament,” says Mitrofan Cioban, president of the Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova in Chişinău.

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Vadim Turcan, an assistant professor of civil engineering at the Technical University of Moldova in Chişinău, applauds the academics who have decided to run for office.

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The 21 people on board included two Moldovan pilots and a Moldovan engineer, the country’s acting prime minister, Gheorghe Brega, told reporters in Chişinău.

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