Submitted Place Name Revision History

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10/3/2020, 6:22 PM HL
4/17/2020, 6:43 PM HL
4/15/2020, 2:24 PM HL
4/14/2020, 3:49 PM HL
4/11/2020, 11:23 PM Lucille
6/19/2019, 5:39 PM Frollein Gladys move from given name to place name
1/15/2017, 3:32 PM lilolaf
1/15/2017, 3:31 PM lilolaf

Name Moldova
Type Country
Usage Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Scripts Молдова(Bulgarian, Ukrainian) მოლდოვა(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. mawl-DO-və(American English, British English) MAWL-də-və(British English) MAWL-DAW-VAH(Georgian)
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

From the name of the Moldova River in eastern Romania, which is of uncertain origin and meaning. It may be from Slavic mold- meaning "spruce, fir" or *moldu meaning "tender, soft, young", from Old German molde meaning "open-pit mine", or Gothic Mulda meaning "dust, dirt". This is the name of a country in Eastern Europe.
Added 1/15/2017 by lilolaf