Chisinau

Chi·şi·nău

C0309750 (kĭsh′ə-nou′) or Ki·shi·nev (kĭsh′ə-nĕf′, -nôf′, kyĭ′shĭ-nyôf′) The capital of Moldova, in the south-central part of the country northwest of Odessa, Ukraine. It was founded as a monastery center in the early 15th century.

Chişinǎu

(kiʃiˈnəu) n (Placename) the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est). Russian name: Kishinev

Chi•şi•nă•u

(Romanian. ˌki ʃiˈnʌ u)

n. the capital of Moldova, in the central part. 700,000. Russian, Kishinev.

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Chisinau - the capital of Moldovacapital of Moldova, KishinevMoldavia, Moldova, Republic of Moldova - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991

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Кишинёв

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Chişinău

(kē'shənou`), formerly

Kishinev

(kĭsh`ənĕf'), city (1996 est. pop. 735,229), capital of Moldova, on the Byk River, a tributary of the Dniester. Major industries include food and tobacco processing, the assembly of consumer and electrical goods, and the manufacture of building materials, machinery, plastics, rubber, and textiles. Founded in the early 15th cent. as a monastery town, Chişinău was taken in the 16th cent. by the Turks and in 1812 by the Russians, who made it the center of Bessarabia. Romania held the city from 1918 to 1940, when it was seized by the USSR. The Jewish population, which formerly constituted about 40% of the total, was largely exterminated in World War II. Chişinău's educational and cultural facilities include a university (1945) and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

Bibliography

See E. H. Judge, Easter in Kishinev: Anatomy of a Pogrom (1992).

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noun the capital of Moldova

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