Moldovan and Moldavian refer to something of, from, or related to
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 ...
or
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centra ...
. In particular, it may refer to:
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Moldovans
Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians ( ro, moldoveni , Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень), are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and the largest ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population as of 2014) and a si ...
, the main ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova
*''Moldavians'', the inhabitants of the historical territory of the
Principality of Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...
(14th century to 1859)
* Moldavians, residents of
Moldavia (region of Romania)
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Moldovan language, one of the two names used for the official Romanian language of the Republic of Moldova
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Moldavian dialect, one of the several regional varieties of the Romanian language
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Moldovan (surname)
See also
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Moldavians (disambiguation)
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