Bessarabia

See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia

English

Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia (compare Ukrainian Бессара́бія (Bessarábija)), after the royal House of Basarab.

Proper noun

Bessarabia

1. (historical) 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.

Translations

region

• Arabic: بِيسَارَابِيَا f (bīsārābiyā)
• Armenian: Բեսարաբիա (hy) (Besarabia)
• Belarusian: Бесара́бія f (Bjesarábija), Бэсара́бія f (Besarábija)
• Bulgarian: Бесара́бия f (Besarábija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比薩拉比亞 / 比萨拉比亚 (zh) (Bǐsàlābǐyà)

• Czech: Besarábie (cs) f
• Danish: Bessarabien n
• Dutch: Bessarabië n
• Esperanto: Besarabio
• French: Bessarabie (fr) f
• Georgian: ბესარაბია (besarabia)
• German: Bessarabien (de) n
• Greek: Βεσσαραβία (el) f (Vessaravía)
• Hungarian: Besszarábia (hu)
• Japanese: ベッサラビア (Bessarabia)
• Korean: 베사라비아 (Besarabia)
• Macedonian: Бесарабија f (Besarabija)
• Occitan: Bessarabia f
• Polish: Besarabia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bessarábia f
• Romanian: Basarabia f
• Russian: Бессара́бия (ru) f (Bessarábija)
• Slovak: Besarábia f
• Spanish: Besarabia f
• Turkish: Besarabya
• Ukrainian: Бессара́бія f (Bessarábija), Бесара́бія f (Besarábija)
• Volapük: Besarabän (vo)
• Yiddish: בעסאַראַביע (besarabye)

Italian

Etymology

From Romanian Basarabia, after the royal House of Basarab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bes.saˈra.bja/
• Rhymes: -abja
• Hyphenation: Bes‧sa‧rà‧bia

Proper noun

Bessarabia f

1. (historical) Bessarabia (region in Eastern Europe)

Occitan

Proper noun

Bessarabia f (Gascony)

1. (historical) Bessarabia

References

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 145.