Croatia(Country)English, Late Roman From Croatian Hrvatska, from Old Slavic *xŭrvatŭ, of unknown meaning. This is the name of a country in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.
Greece(Country)English English form of Latin Graecia, the name used by the Romans for the land of the Greeks, derived from Greek Γραικός (Graikos), which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly derived from the city of Graia in Boeotia.
Macedonia(Region, Country & Political Subdivision)Ancient Greek (Latinized), English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish Derived from Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonia), the name of an ancient kingdom and region that was named after the ancient Macedonian people. Their name was derived from Greek μακεδνός (makednos) meaning "tall, thin", which was descriptive of the people or perhaps of where they lived in the highlands.... [more]
Moldova(Country, River & Region)Romanian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Georgian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Maltese, Indonesian, Malay From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin. It could be from Romanian molid meaning "spruce", Old Slavic *moldŭ meaning "young", or Gothic mulda meaning "dust, dirt". This is the Romanian name (Moldavia in English) for a former principality that was located in Eastern Europe. The eastern part of this principality came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1812, eventually becoming the modern country of Moldova. The western part united with Wallachia in 1859 to become the Kingdom of Romania. Northeastern Romania is called Moldova Occidentală in Romanian.