| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Moldova |
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| (mol-DOH-vuh) Republic in eastern Europe, bordered by Ukraine to the north and east, the Black Sea to the south, and Romania to the west. Its capital and largest city is Kishinev. | 1 |
| ‡ This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991. | 2 |
| ‡ The Soviet Union took Moldova from Romania in 1940; most of its people speak Romanian. | 3 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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