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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ or Țara Moldovei lit. ' The country of Moldova ' ; in Romanian Cyrillic : Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй ) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.
Moldova, [d] officially the Republic of Moldova, [e] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans. [16] The country spans a total of 33,483 km 2 (12,928 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 2.42 million as of January 2024. [17]
The names Moldavia and Moldova are derived from the name of the Moldova River; however, the etymology is not known and there are several variants: . A legend mentioned in Descriptio Moldaviae (1714) by Dimitrie Cantemir links it to an aurochs hunting trip of the voivode of the Voivodeship of Maramureș Dragoș and the latter's chase of a star-marked aurochs.
Moldavia — historical monarchy and region of Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union. Present day divided region in Romania and Moldova (and some regions in Ukraine). The main article for this category is Moldavia .
The Moldavian Plateau (Romanian: Podișul Moldovei) is a geographic area of the historical region of Moldavia, spanning nowadays the east and northeast of Romania, most of Moldova (except the south), and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine (where it is known as the Pokuttian-Bessarabian Upland [1]).
Map of the Principality of Moldavia in 1483 under Stephen the Great.The principality would eventually also control Pokuttia for a short period. The Principality of Moldavia was founded in the 14th century after nobles from the neighboring voivodeship at Maramureș (notably Bogdan I and Dragoș) succeeded in creating an autonomous and later independent polity in areas claimed by the Kingdom of ...
The Transnistria War (Romanian: Războiul din Transnistria; Russian: Война в Приднестровье, romanized: Voyna v Pridnestrovye) was an armed conflict that broke out on 2 November 1990 in Dubăsari (Russian: Дубосса́ры, romanized: Dubossary) between pro-Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR) forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia ...
Moldova has a total of 1,682 localities; from these 982 are incorporated (de jure with 982 mayors and 982 local councils), including 53 cities/towns, other 13 cities with municipality status (see municipiu), and 916 rural localities. [5]