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Moldavia

Moldavia is a region in north-eastern , sharing a border with and . It consists of the counties of Suceava, Iași, Vaslui, Galați, Vrancea, Botoșani, Neamț and Bacău.
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Iaşi is the second city of after , the national capital, by population and in cultural, historical and academic importance. It is the second largest university centre in Romania.

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is in the Moldavia region of . It's a major port city on the Danube with around 312,000 inhabitants, and close to the borders with and .

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is a city in eastern in the region of Moldavia and had a population of 136,087 as of 2021. The municipality of covers an area of ​​43 km² and is at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistrița River.

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is a city in Moldavia, . It owed its prosperity to a favorable location, on the trade route linking the lower Danube to Poland. Capital of the County, it is today an industrial center specializing in textiles.

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is the capital city of , in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern . Because of its very privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania.

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is a resort city of 11,300 people in the County, in Moldavia, . is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt. In fact the English translation of Ocna is salt mine.

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is a town in , Western Moldavia, situated in the eastern near the confluence of the and Rivers and near , an artificial lake formed by the Dam on the Bistrița.

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, formerly Băile Slănic, is a town and a spa resort in , Romania. The town administers two villages: Cerdac and Cireșoaia.

Moldavia

Latitude of center
46.82° or 46° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
27.14° or 27° 8′ 24″ east
Population
4,280,000
Wiki­data ID
Q209754
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Moldavia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إمارة مولدافيا”
  • Arabic: “مولدافيا”
  • Arabic: “مولدوفا”
  • Armenian: “Մոլդովա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Moldova”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Moldavia”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Малдова”
  • Belarusian: “Малдаўскае княства”
  • Belarusian: “Малдова, гістарычная вобласць Румыніі”
  • Belarusian: “Малдова”
  • Breton: “Moldavia”
  • Breton: “Republik Moldavia”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Молдова”
  • Bulgarian: “Молдавия”
  • Bulgarian: “Молдова”
  • Catalan: “Moldàvia”
  • Chinese: “摩尔达维亚”
  • Chinese: “摩爾達維亞”
  • Chinese: “摩爾達維亞公國”
  • Chinese: “摩達維亞”
  • Chinese: “摩達維亞公國”
  • Chinese: “西摩爾達維亞”
  • Croatian: “Bogdanija”
  • Croatian: “Moldavija”
  • Croatian: “Moldavska”
  • Czech: “Moldávie”
  • Danish: “Moldavien”
  • Dutch: “Moldavië”
  • Dutch: “Vorstendom Moldavie”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Moldavio”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Moldavio”
  • Finnish: “Moldavia”
  • Finnish: “Moldova”
  • Finnish: “Moldovan ruhtinaskunta”
  • Finnish: “Moldovia”
  • French: “Moldavie occidentale”
  • French: “Moldavie”
  • French: “Région de Moldavie”
  • Galician: “Moldova, Romanía”
  • Galician: “Moldova”
  • Georgian: “მოლდოვა”
  • German: “Moldau (Region)”
  • German: “Moldau”
  • German: “Westmoldau”
  • Greek: “Μολδαβία”
  • Hebrew: “מולדובה”
  • Hebrew: “מערב מולדובה”
  • Hungarian: “Moldva”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Moldva”
  • Hungarian: “Román Moldva”
  • Ido: “Westala Moldova”
  • Indonesian: “Kepangeranan Moldavia”
  • Indonesian: “Moldavia”
  • Irish: “An Mholdáiv Thiar”
  • Italian: “Moldavia (Romania)”
  • Italian: “Moldavia”
  • Italian: “Principato di Moldavia”
  • Italian: “Principato di Moldova”
  • Japanese: “モルダヴィア”
  • Japanese: “モルダヴィア公国”
  • Japanese: “モルダビア”
  • Japanese: “モルダビア公国”
  • Japanese: “モルダビア共和国”
  • Japanese: “モルドヴァ公国”
  • Japanese: “モルドバ公国”
  • Japanese: “西モルダヴィア”
  • Korean: “몰다비아”
  • Latin: “Ducatus Moldaviae”
  • Latin: “Principatus Moldaviae”
  • Latvian: “Bogdanija”
  • Latvian: “Mazā Valahija”
  • Latvian: “Moldoslāvija”
  • Latvian: “Rietummoldāvija”
  • Latvian: “Rosovlahija”
  • Lithuanian: “Moldova”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Moldavija”
  • Macedonian: “Молдавија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landskap Moldova”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moldava”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moldavia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moldova”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fyrstedømet Moldavia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moldavia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ţara Moldovei”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Moldàvia”
  • Ossetian: “Молдовæ”
  • Persian: “پادشاهی مولداوی”
  • Persian: “مولدووا”
  • Persian: “مولدووای غربی”
  • Polish: “Mołdawia zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Moldávia (Romênia)”
  • Portuguese: “Moldávia”
  • Portuguese: “Principado da Moldávia”
  • Portuguese: “Principado da Moldova”
  • Romanian: “Moldova Occidentală”
  • Romanian: “Moldova Românească”
  • Romanian: “Moldova”
  • Romanian: “regiunea Moldova”
  • Russian: “Западная Молдавия”
  • Russian: “Молдова”
  • Russian: “Румынская Молдавия”
  • Serbian: “Moldavija”
  • Serbian: “Западна Молдавија”
  • Serbian: “Молдавија”
  • Serbian: “Молдавска кнежевина”
  • Slovak: “Moldávia”
  • Slovak: “Moldavsko (Rumunsko)”
  • Slovak: “Moldavsko”
  • Slovenian: “Moldavija”
  • Slovenian: “Moldova”
  • Spanish: “Moldavia (region de Rumania)”
  • Spanish: “Moldavia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Moldavia”
  • Spanish: “Region de Moldavia”
  • Spanish: “Región de Moldavia”
  • Swedish: “Furstendömet Moldau”
  • Swedish: “Furstendömet Moldavien”
  • Swedish: “Furstendömet Moldova”
  • Swedish: “Moldau”
  • Swedish: “Moldova”
  • Thai: “History of Moldavia”
  • Thai: “Moldavia”
  • Thai: “Principality of Moldavia”
  • Thai: “ประวัติศาสตร์มอลดาเวีย”
  • Thai: “ภูมิภาคมอลดาเวีย”
  • Thai: “มอลดาเวีย”
  • Thai: “มอลเดเวีย”
  • Thai: “โมลดาเวีย”
  • Thai: “ราชรัฐมอลดาเวีย”
  • Thai: “ราชรัฐมอลเดเวีย”
  • Thai: “ราชรัฐโมลดาเวีย”
  • Turkish: “Boğdan”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Молдова”
  • Ukrainian: “Молдавія”
  • Ukrainian: “Румунська Молдова”
  • Venetian: “Moldàvia”

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