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Moldovan

Moldovan

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About Moldova or its people and culture
  • adjective
  • /moʊlˈdoʊvən/
: moldavo
  • Moldovan migrants (of any ethnicity) can gain entry as tourists to Turkey and stay for one month, with possible extensions of another three months.
  • Moldovan migrants
  • Moldovan State
  • Moldovan women

Yeah, on, on Moldovan gas, gas prices.

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Examples

  • As we see in the narratives above, Gagauz Moldovan female migrant workers are associated with anxiety over new economic activity; accused of being "bad mothers," they are blamed for societal disorder.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Moldovan oil concessions are very important to us.

  • So, is there like a Moldovan language?

  • But he, he's Moldovan and I was talking to him months ago now.

  • Would you recommend people go on Moldovan sleeper trains?

  • Moldovan nationalists have escalated their demands too.

    Academic text (1990)
  • We intercepted radio chatter from Moldovan friendlies to find this place.

  • After Russia, the second highest number of Moldovan migrants went to Italy—where ethnic Romanians find high wages and a similar language.

    Academic text (2006)
  • As a border of the USSR, the Soviets upheld the Moldovan SSR as distinct from Romania, despite the fact that much of its population was ethnically Romanian.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Many traditional dishes are a key part of Moldovan culture.

Surface Forms

Moldovan positive

Morphology

Moldovan = Moldova (transparent) = Moldova + an

The suffix '-an' is a standard English suffix used to form adjectives of nationality or relation.

Etymology

Moldovan comes from the country name Moldova, which was named after the Moldova River; a helpful way to remember it is to think of the river giving its name to the land. So Moldovan simply means 'from Moldova', and it is used for people, food, or culture that come from that country.