Transnistria

Transnistria is a country in eastern . It seceded from but is still claimed by , and is only recognised by the other breakaway states of the former Soviet Union: , and .
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Transnistria

  • Type: State with 513,000 residents
  • Description: unrecognized state in the international borders of Moldova
  • Also known as: “Ĉednestria Moldava Respubliko”, “Cisdniéster”, “Den priednestrovisk-moldoviske republikken”, “Den priednestroviske moldoviske republikken”, “Dnestri-äärne Vabariik”, “Dnestria”, “Dnestrien”, “Dnestriska moldaviska republiken”, “Dnestrrepublikken”, “Dnestryanı Moldova Respublikası”, “Dniester Regon”, “Dnjestr-Republik”, “Dnyeszter Menti Moldáv Köztársaság”, “Dnyeszter-mellék”, “Dnyeszteren Túli Köztársaság”, “Dnyeszteren Túli Terület”, “MD-SN”, “Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria”, “Padnestrė”, “Padniestrės respublika”, “Piedņestra (valsts)”, “Piedņestras Moldāvijas PSR”, “Piedņestras Moldāvijas Republika”, “Piedņestras Moldāvu PSR”, “Piedņestras Moldāvu republika”, “Piedņestras MR”, “Piedņestras republika”, “Piedņestras Republika”, “Piedņestras valsts”, “PMR”, “Podněsteří”, “Podněsterska”, “Podnesterská moldavská republika”, “Podněsterská Moldavská republika”, “Podněsterská republika”, “Podněstersko”, “Pridnestria”, “Pridnestrje”, “Pridnestrovia”, “Pridnestróvia”, “Pridnestròvia”, “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic”, “Pridnestrovian Moldova Cumhuriyeti”, “Pridnestrovian Moldovya Cumhuriyeti”, “Pridnestrovie”, “Pridnestrovien”, “Pridnestrovische Moldavische Republiek”, “Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica”, “Pridnestrowje”, “Pridnestrowskaja Mldawskaja Respublika”, “Pridniestrovia”, “Pridniestrovie”, “Pridniestróvie”, “Pridniestròvie”, “Pridniestrska republika”, “Pridnjestovlje”, “Pridnjestrovija”, “Prydnistróvia”, “Prydnistròvia”, “Pśidněstrowje”, “Repubblica Moldava della Transnistria”, “Repubblica Moldava di Pridniestrov”, “Repubblika Pridnestrovijana Moldavjana”, “Republic of Pridnestrovie”, “República Moldava da Pridnestróvia”, “Republica Moldava de Dnièstre”, “Republica Moldava de Transnístria”, “República Moldava de Transnistria”, “República Moldava de Transnístria”, “República Moldava Peridniestriana”, “República Moldava Pridnestrovia”, “República Moldava Pridnestroviana”, “República Moldava Transdniestriana”, “República Moldava Transnístria”, “República Moldávia Transdniéstriana”, “República Moldávia Transnístria”, “República Moldávia Transnistriana”, “República Moldova Transdniestriana”, “República Moldova Transnístria”, “República Moldova Transnistriana”, “Republica Moldovenească Pridnestroviană”, “República Pridnestrovian Moldávia”, “Republik moldov an Dniestr”, “Republika Naddniestrza”, “Republika Naddniestrzańska”, “république moldave du Dniestr”, “RMN”, “RMP”, “Rupubbreca Moldova ‘e Transnistria”, “Stânga Nistrului”, “Trans Dniester”, “Trans-Dnestrien”, “Trans-Dniester”, “Trans-Dniéster”, “Trans-Dniestr”, “Trans-Dnjestrie”, “Trans-Dnjestrië”, “Trans-Nistrie”, “Trans-Nistrië”, “Transdinyester Özerk Cumhuriyeti”, “Transdjnestr”, “Transdnestria”, “Transdnestrie”, “Transdnestrië”, “Transdnestrien”, “Transdniester”, “Transdniéster”, “Transdnièster”, “Transdniester Region”, “Transdniestr”, “Transdniestre”, “Transdniestria”, “Transdniéstria”, “Transdnièstria”, “Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic”, “Transdniestrie”, “Transdniestrië”, “Transdniestrien”, “Transdnister”, “Transdnístria”, “Transdnìstria”, “Transdnjestarska Republika”, “Transdnjestr”, “Transdnjestrie”, “Transdnjestrië”, “Transdnjestrien”, “Transistria”, “Transniéster”, “Trañsnistria”, “Transnistrian kriisi”, “Transnistrian Moldavian Republic”, “Transnistrian tasavalta”, “Transnistrie (État)”, “Transnistrii”, “Transnistriska”, “Transnitria”, “Transnіstrіa”, “Transnіstrіja”, “Transznisztria”, “Tras-dnístria”, “Zadněstersko”, “Τρανσνίστρια”, “ДМҖ”, “Днестргæрон Молдаваг Республикæ”, “Днестрсер Молдав Республик”, “Левобережье Днестра”, “Наддністрянщина”, “Нистрения”, “ПМҖ”, “ПМР”, “Поднестровье”, “Приднестарска Молдавска Република”, “Приднестровска молдавска република”, “Приднестровская Молдавская республика”, “Приднестровская республика”, “Приднестровско-Молдавская республика”, “Приднестровье Молдован Җөмһүрияте”, “Приднестровье Молдован Республикасы”, “Приднестровьейы Молдаваг Республикæ”, “Придністров’я (Молдова)”, “Придністровська Молдавська республіка”, “Придњестовље”, “Придњестовље (политички ентитет)”, “Придњестровље (политички ентитет)”, “Придњестровска Молдавска Република”, “Придънѣ́стриѥ”, “Прыднястроўская Малдаўская Рэспубліка”, “РМН”, “Трансднестар”, “Трансднестарска Република”, “Трансднестр”, “Трансднестрија”, “Трансдњестар”, “Трансдњестровље”, “Транснистриа”, “Транснистрија”, “Ҷумҳурии Приднестровие”, “Մերձդնեստր”, “ՄՄՀ”, “טראנסניסטעריא”, “טראנסניסטריה”, “پریڈنسٹروین مالدویائی جمہوریہ”, “جمهورية بريدنيستروفيه المولدافية”, “جمهورية ترانسنيستريا”, “டிரான்சுனிசுட்ரியா”, “ட்ரான்ஸனிஸ்டரை”, “திரான்ஸ்னிஸ்திரியா”, “ട്രാൻസ്-ഡ്നൈസ്റ്റർ”, “പി.എം.ആർ.”, “പ്രിഡ്നിസ്ട്രോവിയൻ മോൾഡാവിയൻ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്”, “പ്രിഡ്നിസ്ട്രോവീ”, “സ്ട്രിൻഗ നിസ്ട്രൂലൂയി”, “트란스니스트리아 몰도바 공화국”, “トランスドニエストル”, “トランスドニエストル・ソビエト社会主義共和国”, “トランスニストリア・ソビエト社会主義共和国”, “外涅斯特里亚”, “外涅斯特里亚共和国”, “德东岸问题”, “德东问题”, “德左”, “德左共和国”, “德左共和國”, “德左问题”, “德涅斯特河东岸”, “德涅斯特河东岸共和国”, “德涅斯特河左岸”, “德涅斯特河左岸共和国”, “德涅斯特河東岸共和國”, “德涅斯特河沿岸共和国”, “德涅斯特河沿岸摩尔达维亚共和国”, “德涅斯特里亞”, “沿ドニエステル”, “沿ドニエストル”, “沿ドニエストル・ソビエト社会主義共和国”, “沿ドニエストル・モルダビア・ソビエト社会主義共和国”, “沿ドニエストル・モルドバ共和国”, and “沿ドニエストル＝モルダビア・ソビエト社会主義共和国”
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  • Categories: state with limited recognition, landlocked country, unitary state, social state, secular state, military occupation, occupied territory, de facto regime, and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude
46.9906° or 46° 59′ 26″ north
Longitude
29.4773° or 29° 28′ 38″ east
Population
513,000
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
Open location code
8GRFXFRG+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2043451343
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
858911
Wiki­data ID
Q907112
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Transnistria” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Приднестровиатәи Молдавиатәи Ареспублика”
  • Abkhazian: “Приднестровие”
  • Afrikaans: “Transnistrië”
  • Albanian: “Transnistria”
  • Amharic: “ትራንስኒስትሪያ”
  • Angika: “ट्रांसनिस्त्रिया”
  • Arabic: “ترانسنيستريا”
  • Aragonese: “Transnistria”
  • Armenian: “Մերձդնեստրի Մոլդովական Հանրապետություն”
  • Arpitan: “Rèpublica de Transnistrie moldava”
  • Arpitan: “Transnistria”
  • Asturian: “Transnistria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dnestryanı”
  • Bashkir: “Днестр буйы Молдова Республикаһы”
  • Bashkir: “Днестр буйы республикаһы”
  • Basque: “Transnistria”
  • Belarusian: “Прыднястроўе”
  • Bengali: “ট্রান্সনিস্ট্রিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Transnistri”
  • Bosnian: “Pridnjestrovska Moldavska Republika”
  • Breton: “Treuznistria”
  • Bulgarian: “Приднестровие”
  • Catalan: “Transnístria”
  • Central Bikol: “Transnistria”
  • Central Kurdish: “ترانسنیستریا”
  • Chechen: “Приднестровье”
  • Chechen: “Хьалхаранестра Молдавнойн Пачхьалкх”
  • Chinese: “德涅斯特河沿岸”
  • Chinese: “聶斯特河沿岸”
  • Church Slavic: “Придънѣстриѥ”
  • Cornish: “Transnistri”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Pridnestrovye Moldovan Cumhuriyeti”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Pridnestrovye”
  • Croatian: “Pridnjestrovlje”
  • Croatian: “Pridnjestrovska Moldavska Republika”
  • Czech: “Podněsterská moldavská republika”
  • Czech: “Podněstří”
  • Danish: “Transnistrien”
  • Dhivehi: “ޓުރާންސްނިސްޓުރިއާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Transdinyester”
  • Dutch: “Transnistrië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Днестрсер”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترانسنيستريا”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉednestrio”
  • Estonian: “Transnistria”
  • Extremaduran: “Trasnistria”
  • Finnish: “Transnistria”
  • French: “République moldave du Dniestr”
  • French: “Transnistrie”
  • Gagauz: “Transnistriya”
  • Galician: “Transnistria”
  • Georgian: “დნესტრისპირეთი”
  • German: “Pridnestrowien”
  • German: “Pridnestrowische Moldauische Republik”
  • German: “Transnistrien”
  • Greek: “Υπερδνειστερία”
  • Guarani: “Transnistria”
  • Gujarati: “ટ્રાન્સનિસ્ટ્રિઆ”
  • Haitian: “Transnistri”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Transnistria”
  • Hebrew: “טרנסניסטריה”
  • Hindi: “ट्रांसनिस्त्रिया”
  • Hungarian: “Dnyeszter Menti Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Transnistría”
  • Ido: “Transdnistria”
  • Indonesian: “Transnistria”
  • Interlingua: “Transnistria”
  • Interlingue: “Transnistria”
  • Irish: “an Tras-dnístria”
  • Italian: “Transnistria”
  • Japanese: “トランスニストリア”
  • Japanese: “沿ドニエストル共和国”
  • Javanese: “Transnistria”
  • Kabardian: “Днестырпыт Молдовэ Республикэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Днестр Кевсин Молдавмудин Таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ನಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಯಾ”
  • Kashubian: “Nadedniestrzé”
  • Kashubian: “Pòdniéstrze”
  • Kazakh: “Транснистрия”
  • Kirghiz: “Приднестров Молдова Республикасы”
  • Komi: “Днестрдор”
  • Korean: “쁘리드네스뜨로비예”
  • Korean: “트란스니스트리아”
  • Kurdish: “Transnîstriya”
  • Lao: “ທຣານສ໌ນີສເຕຣຍ”
  • Lao: “ທຣານນິສເຕຣຍ”
  • Latin: “Transnistria”
  • Latvian: “Piedņestras Moldāvu Republika”
  • Ligurian: “Transnistria”
  • Limburgan: “Transnistrië”
  • Literary Chinese: “德涅斯特河沿岸”
  • Lithuanian: “Padniestrė”
  • Lombard: “Transnistria”
  • Low German: “Transnistrie”
  • Low German: “Transnistrien”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Pódnjesterska”
  • Luxembourgish: “Transnistrien”
  • Macedonian: “Приднестровие”
  • Malagasy: “Transnistria (fanjakana)”
  • Malagasy: “Transnistria”
  • Malay: “Transnistria”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രാൻസ്‌നിസ്ട്രിയ”
  • Malayalam: “ട്രാൻസ്നിസ്ട്രിയ”
  • Maltese: “Transnistrija”
  • Marathi: “ट्रान्सनिस्ट्रिया”
  • Mazanderani: “ترانس‌نیستریا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Transnistria”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Transnistria”
  • Minangkabau: “Transnistria”
  • Mingrelian: “დნესტრიშპიჯეთი”
  • Moksha: “Днестраланга”
  • Mongolian: “Приднестр”
  • Mongolian: “᠌᠌Приднестр”
  • Neapolitan: “Transnistria”
  • Northern Frisian: “Transnistrien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transnistria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Transnistria”
  • Norwegian: “Transnistria”
  • Novial: “Transnistria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Transnístria”
  • Ossetian: “Днестргæрон”
  • Ossetian: “Приднестровье”
  • Panjabi: “ਟਰਾਂਸਨਿਸਤਰੀਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਟ੍ਰਾਂਸਨਿਸਤ੍ਰੀਆ”
  • Persian: “ترانس‌نیستریا”
  • Persian: “ترنسنیستریا”
  • Piemontese: “Transnistria”
  • Polish: “Naddniestrzańska Republika Mołdawska”
  • Polish: “Naddniestrze”
  • Portuguese: “Transnístria”
  • Pushto: “ترانسنيستريا”
  • Romanian: “Nistrenia”
  • Romanian: “Republica Moldovenească Nistreană”
  • Romanian: “Transnistria”
  • Romanian: “Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ”
  • Russian: “Приднестровская Молдавская Республика”
  • Russian: “Приднестровье”
  • Rusyn: “Приднїстровска Молдавска Републіка”
  • Rusyn: “Придністровська Молдавська Републіка”
  • Sardinian: “Transnìstria”
  • Scots: “Transnistrie”
  • Serbian: “Придњестровље”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pridnjestrovlje”
  • Shan: “ထရွၼ်ႇသၼိတ်ႉသထရီးယႃး”
  • Sicilian: “Transnistria”
  • Sindhi: “ٽرانس نسٽريا”
  • Sinhala: “ට්රානිස්ට්රියා”
  • Slovak: “Podnestersko”
  • Slovenian: “Pridnestrska republika”
  • Slovenian: “Pridnjestrska republika”
  • Somali: “Transnistria”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ترانسنیستریا”
  • Spanish: “Transnistria”
  • Sundanese: “Transnistria”
  • Swahili: “Transnistria”
  • Swedish: “Transnistrien”
  • Swiss German: “Transnistrien”
  • Sylheti: “ꠔꠤꠘꠤꠍ꠆ꠔꠣꠘ”
  • Tagalog: “Transnistria”
  • Tajik: “Ҷумҳурии молдовии назди соҳили дарёи Днестр”
  • Tamil: “திரான்சுனிஸ்திரியா”
  • Tatar: “Днестр буе Молдавия Республикасы”
  • Tatar: “Днестр буе Молдован Җөмһүрияте”
  • Telugu: “ట్రాన్సినిస్ట్రియా”
  • Thai: “ทรานส์นิสเตรีย”
  • Thai: “ทรานส์นีสเตรีย”
  • Turkish: “Transdinyester”
  • Turkmen: “Transnister”
  • Ukrainian: “Придністров’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Придністровська Молдавська Республіка”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Podnjesterska”
  • Urdu: “ٹرینسنیسٹریا”
  • Uzbek: “Dnestrboʻyi Moldova Respublikasi”
  • Venetian: “Transnìstria”
  • Veps: “Dnestranrand”
  • Vietnamese: “Transnistria”
  • Vlax Romani: “Transnistriya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Transnistria”
  • Welsh: “Transnistria”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹرانسنسٹریا”
  • Wu Chinese: “聶斯特河沿岸”
  • Yakut: “Приднестровье Молдавия Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ”
  • Yiddish: “טראנסניסטריע”
  • Yoruba: “Transnistria”
  • Yue Chinese: “德涅斯特河沿岸共和國”
  • Zulu: “i-Transnistria”
  • “ma Pinesowi”
  • “Pridněstrovje”

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