Moldavian

[ mol-dey-vee-uh n, -deyv-yuh n ]

/ mɒlˈdeɪ vi ən, -ˈdeɪv yən /

adjective

of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Moldavia.

a dialect of Romanian spoken in Moldavia and written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Origin of Moldavian

Moldavi(a) + -an

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Examples from the Web for moldavian

Now the young Moldavian, who holds a Romanian passport and lives in Bucharest, is a “super witness” in the case.
Costa Concordia Captain Seen Drinking With Blonde Before Wreck|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Moldavian clerk replied with his usual guttural, and, opening his desk, ensconced his head therein.
Lavengro|George Borrow
He had always appeared to me a singular being, this same Moldavian clerk.
Lavengro|George Borrow
I looked wildly around, till my eyes rested on the Moldavian clerk, who was writing away in his ledger with particular vehemence.
Lavengro|George Borrow

I was once in the house of a Moldavian landowner of Bessarabia, whose lands bring him in about 10,000 rubles a year.
Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.|Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Ordinarily he gave the cues to a Moldavian lady, who kept the conversation alive.
A Tour Through The Pyrenees|Hippolyte Adolphe Taine

British Dictionary definitions for moldavian

Moldavian

/ (mɒlˈdeɪvɪən) /

adjective, noun

another name for Moldovan

adjective

of or relating to the former E European principality of Moldavia or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Moldavia

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Word Origin and History for moldavian

Moldavian

c.1600 (n.); 1760 (adj.), from Moldavia + -ian.