Kishinev


[kish-uh-nef, -nawf; Russian kyi-shi-nyawf] /ˈkɪʃ əˌnɛf, -ˌnɔf; Russian kyɪ ʃɪˈnyɔf/

noun
1.
a city in and the capital of Moldavia (Moldova), in the central part.
[mol-dey-vee-uh, -vyuh] /mɒlˈdeɪ vi ə, -vyə/
noun
1.
a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania.
Capital: Jassy.
2.
Official name Moldova. Formerly Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in SE Europe: formed in 1940 from the former republic of Moldavia and the ceded Romanian territory of Bessarabia. 13,100 sq. mi. (33,929 sq. km).
Capital: Kishinev.
/Russian kiʃiˈnjɔf/
noun
1.
the Russian name for Chişinǎu
/mɒlˈdeɪvɪə/
noun
1.
another name for Moldova
2.
a former principality of E Europe, consisting of the basins of the Rivers Prut and Dniester: the E part (Bessarabia) became Moldova; the W part remains a province of Romania

Latinized form of Moldova.

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