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Bucovina

American  
[boo-kuh-vee-nuh, boo-kaw-vee-nah] / ˌbu kəˈvi nə, bʊ kɔˈvi nɑ /
Or Bukovina

noun

  1. a region in E central Europe, formerly a district in N Romania: now divided between Romania and Ukraine. 4,031 sq. mi. (10,440 sq. km).


Bucovina British  
/ ˌbuːkəˈviːnə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Bukovina

"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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The accident occurred late Sunday outside the eastern city of Ramnicu Sarat when the team was returning home from a game against Vicov Bucovina.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2015

The region, which became the eastern outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is now divided between southern Bucovina, in northeastern Romania, and Chernivtsi Province, in present-day Ukraine.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2010

A list of guesthouses in Romanian Bucovina is available at ruraltourism.ro/bucovina/html/bucovinaen.html.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2010

Within six weeks Russia occupied and socialized three Baltic republics, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, took outright from Rumania, Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1774 Austria acquired from the Turks, by false promises, the northern part of Moldavia, the pleasant land of Bucovina.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes

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