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MOLDOVA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991
Synonyms:
Moldavia; Moldova; Republic of Moldova
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Moldova"):
capital of Moldova; Chisinau; Kishinev (the capital of Moldova)
Holonyms ("Moldova" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Holonyms ("Moldova" is a member of...):
CIS; Commonwealth of Independent States (an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991)
Derivation:
Moldovan (of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture)
