- Bessarabia
- geographical name region SE Europe between the Dniester & Prut rivers; now mostly in Moldova • Bessarabian adjective or noun
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Bessarabia — ( Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian, Besarabya in Turkish) is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on … Wikipedia
BESSARABIA — BESSARABIA, region between the rivers Prut and Dniester; before 1812 part of Moldavia, with several districts under direct Ottoman rule; within Russia 1812–1918; part of Romania 1918–40; returned to Russia 1940, and together with the Moldavian… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BESSARABIA — provinc. magni regni Hungariae inter Podoliam, Moldaviam, Danubium fluv. et mare Nigrum, sub Turcis. Ibi urbs praecipua Moncastrum et Tartari populi aliquot … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Bessarabia — [bes΄ə rā′bē ə] region in SE Europe, between the Dnestr & Prut rivers: historically associated with Moldavia since the 14th cent.; ceded by Romania to the U.S.S.R. in 1940 & incorporated into the Moldavian S.S.R. (now Moldova) Bessarabian adj., n … English World dictionary
Bessarabia — Bessarabian, adj., n. /bes euh ray bee euh/, n. a region in Moldavia (Moldova), on the W shore of the Black Sea: formerly in Rumania. * * * Region, eastern Europe. It is bounded by the Prut and Dniester rivers, the Black Sea, and the Danube River … Universalium
Bessarabia Governorate — For other uses, see Bessarabia (disambiguation). Guberniya of Bessarabia Basarabia ← … Wikipedia
Bessarabia Germans — The Bessarabia Germans are an ethnic group and part of the Black Sea Germans, who lived in Bessarabia (today part of Moldova and Ukraine) between 1814 and 1940. Between 1814 and 1842, they immigrated from the German areas Württemberg and Prussia… … Wikipedia
Bessarabia — noun A geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. Now divided between Moldova and Ukraine … Wiktionary
Bessarabia — Former name of Moldova … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Bessarabia — This territory belonged to Russia from 1812 to 1917. In 1818 the status of the Gypsies there was changed from slave (as it had been when the area was part of Moldova/Romania) to serf. Romania regained the territory in 1917 but after 1945 it … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
