Bessarabia

See also: bessarábia and Bessarábia

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bessarabia

(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

(historical) Bessarabia (region in Eastern Europe)

Occitan

Proper noun

Bessarabia f (Gascony)

(historical) Bessarabia

References

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

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