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Moldavia meaning
A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania. | Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova). | Nonstandard form of Moldova.
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Moldavia and Wallachia main In the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (both now part of Romania ), the government held slavery of the Roma (often referred to as Gypsies) as legal at the beginning of the 19th century.
The 1829 Treaty of Adrianople allowed Moldavia to again maintain its own troops, no longer acting as an auxiliary under strict Ottoman supervision, and assigned red over blue pennants (see Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia ).
The latter, from Galicia or Ukraine, settled in Bucharest after having lived in Moldavia.
He says he is going to Moldavia with Anders, he has no choice and will be back as soon as he can, then make it up to her.
On page 17 of another of the library's books — An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia — the corner has been turned over.
After first residing in Baia, Bogdan moved Moldavia's seat to Siret (it was to remain there until Petru Muşat moved it to Suceava ; it was finally moved to Iași under Alexandru Lăpușneanu - in 1565).
Also in 1992, the television commercials for the film K2 were set to the Front 242 song "Moldavia", from the same album.
Annual precipitation averages about convert in central Transylvania, convert at Iași in Moldavia, and only convert at Constanța on the Black Sea.
Ardeal/Erdel was the name of Transylvania, and Kara Iflak, "Northern Wallachia" was either Wallachia, north of the Balkan territories inhabited by Vlachs, or Moldavia (north of Wallachia).
By summer 1825, Allan celebrated his expansive wealth by purchasing a two-story brick home named Moldavia.
By then, the institution of slavery was already established in Moldavia and possibly in both principalities.
Cuza was a prominent speaker in the debates and strongly advocated the union of Moldavia and Walachia.
For Moldavia, it meant both an important territorial loss and a major blow to the cattle trade (as the region stood on the trade route to Central Europe).
Giurescu, p.122, 127 The treaty also allowed Moldavia and Wallachia to freely trade with countries other than the Ottoman Empire, which signalled substantial economic and urban growth, as well as improving the peasant situation.
His reign was one of the most successful in Moldavia's history, but also saw the very first confrontation with the Ottoman Turks at Cetatea Albă in 1420, and later even a conflict with the Poles.
In return for reverting to the Russian Empire three southern Bessarabian districts that had been regained by Moldavia after the Crimean War in 1852, Northern Dobruja was acquired.
In the volume: The other Europe from the Middle Ages, Edited by Florin Curta, Brill 2008, p. 394 Black Wallachia Mavrovlachia (Black Wallachia) is another name of Moldavia.
Lack of discipline and contempt for the locals soon created an unbearable situation in Moldavia.
Moldavia was forbidden to have foreign relations to the detriment of the Ottoman Empire (although at times the country managed to circumvent this interdiction), but was allowed internal autonomy, including sole authority over foreign trade.
No childhood home of Poe is still standing, including the Allan family's Moldavia estate.