Moldavia

Moldavia
Principality of Moldavia
Moldova (Ţara Moldovei) (ro)
Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1514-1859)
1346–1859
 

 

Flag Coat of arms
Moldavia under Stephen the Great, 1483
Capital Baia, Siret 1343-1388
Suceava 1388-1564
Iaşi 1564-1859
Language(s) Romanian (commonly used, later official), Church Slavonic (in early official use)
Government Absolute monarchy
Princes of Moldavia (Voivodes, Hospodars)
 - 1346-1353 (first) Dragoş
 - 1859-1862 (last) Alexander John Cuza
History
 - Foundation of the Moldavian mark 1346
 - De Jure Union with Wallachia 1859
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Coat of arms of Moldavie
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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova pronounced [molˈdova]) is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, the state included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina and (under Stephen the Great) Pokuttya. The western part of Moldavia is now part of Romania and the eastern part belongs to the Republic of Moldova, while the northern and south-eastern parts are territories of Ukraine.

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Name and etymology

The original and short-lived reference to the region was Bogdania, after Bogdan I, the founding figure of the principality. The names Moldavia and Moldova are derived from the name of the Moldova River; however, the etymology is not known and there are several variants:[1][2]

  • a legend mentioned in Descriptio Moldaviae by Dimitrie Cantemir links it to an aurochs hunting trip of the Maramureş voivode Dragoş, and the latter's chase of a star-marked bull. Dragoş was accompanied by his female hound called Molda; when they reached shores of an unfamiliar river, Molda caught up with the animal and was killed by it. The dog's name would have been given to the river, and extended to the country.
  • the old German Molde, meaning "open-pit mine"
  • the Gothic Mulda (Gothic:

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