Bessarabianadj.n.
/ˌbɛsəˈreɪbɪən/, U.S. /ˌbɛsəˈreɪbiən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Bessarabia.
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1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 340/1 Its [sc. the Dniester's] chief tributaries on the Bessarabian side are, the Reut..and the Botna.
1852 H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer Visit Holy Land, Egypt, & Italy ii. 37 Tehussa, a Bessarabian village of most miserable appearance.
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 214/2 The traditional Bessarabian hospitality.
1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xxiii. 394 When a Bessarabian division was enrolled in the Ukraine, desertions amounted to 50 per cent.
1963 House & Garden Mar. 73/2 This room, with its handsome Bessarabian rug.
B. n.
An inhabitant of Bessarabia.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > states or provinces
Albanianc1400
Georgian?a1425
Armenian?1520
Moldave1552
Permian1555
Anatolian1588
Podolian1603
Lithuanian1607
Livonian1652
Zemblan1674
Zemblian1674
Siberian1719
Kurile1764
Crimean1768
Ukrainera1815
Ukrainian1823
Bessarabian1835
Sibiriak1903
Latvian1941
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 341/1 The majority of the Bessarabians are Moldowans or Moldavians.
1908 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 160 You are always talking of the second generation of your Smyrniotes and Bessarabians.
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adj.n.1835