Bubuieci is a commune in Chișinău municipality,

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...

. It is composed of three villages: Bîc, Bubuieci and Humulești. Bubuieci village marks its date of foundation as 22 April 1518, when the ruler of Moldova,

Bogdan III the One-Eyed Bogdan III the One-Eyed ( ro, Bogdan al III-lea cel Chior) or Bogdan III the Blind () (March 18, 1479 – April 20, 1517) was Voivode of Moldavia from July 2, 1504, to 1517. Family Bogdan was born in Huşi as the son of Voivode Ştefan cel Mare ...

, transferred a deserted place near the

Bîc Bîc (also spelled Bâc, ) is a river in Moldova, a right tributary of the Dniester. Geography The Bâc originates in a spring in the village of Temeleuți in west central Moldova. As it flows west and south, the upper Bâc cuts a deep canyon ...

River into the possession of Toader Bubuiog. The name of the village is a modified form of the name of its founder. Anatol Eremia (2007)
Dicționar toponimic
Limba română. Chișinău. XVII (4-6).

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Communes of Chișinău Municipality Populated places established in 1518 {{Chișinău-geo-stub