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Ukraine vs Bessarabia - What's the difference?

ukraine | bessarabia |

As proper nouns the difference between ukraine and bessarabia

is that ukraine is ukraine while bessarabia is (l) (region of eastern europe).

ukraine

English

(wikipedia Ukraine) (Name of Ukraine)

Alternative forms

* Ocraine; Ukrain; Ukrania, Ucrania

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Eastern Europe; was long part of the Russian Empire, then of the Soviet Union. Official name: Ukraine.
  • * (seeCites)

    • Usage notes

    * Since the country's independence in 1991, style guides recommend Ukraine'' (as in "a musician from Ukraine"), without an article. Previously, the most common usage was ''the Ukraine (as in "a musician from the Ukraine").

    Related terms

    * Ukrainian * Ukrainian SSR

    See also

    * * * * Little Russia * Ruthenia ----

    bessarabia

    English

    (wikipedia Bessarabia)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historical) A geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. Now divided between Moldova and Ukraine.