Transnistria

//tɹænzˈnɪsˌtɹi.ə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former governorate of Romania during World War II, established in 1941 and captured by Soviet forces in 1944. historical
  2. 2
    A geographic region and de-facto independent but unrecognized country in Eastern Europe that claims statehood as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; internationally considered an autonomous territorial unit within Moldova.

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pridnestroviepridnestrovietrans dniestertransdniestria

Example

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"Russia just wants to connect its borders to Transnistria, where the USSR never died."

Etymology

From Romanian Transnistria, from Latin trans + Romanian Nistru (“Dniester”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “beyond the river Dniester”. Analyzable as trans- + Romanian Nistru + -ia.

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