Moldavia

thumb|Map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clark's 1927 book Bessarabia, Russia and Romania on the Black Sea

thumb|300px|Ethnic divisions in modern Bukovina with Ukrainians|Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian areas depicted in light yellow, green, and red respectively. The [[Moldovans, counted separately in the 2001 Ukrainian census, are included in this map as Romanians.]]

Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially independent and later autonomous state under Ottoman overlordship, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia () as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina and Hertsa. It also included the region of Pokuttya for a period of time.

Budjak, also known as Budzhak, is a historical region that was part of Bessarabia from 1812 to 1940. Situated along the Black Sea, between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this multi-ethnic region covers an area of and is home to approximately 600,000 people. The majority of the region (former Izmail Oblast) is now located in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast, while the remaining part is found in the southern districts of Moldova. The region is bordered to the north by the rest of Moldova, to the west and south by Romania, and to the east by the Black Sea and the rest of Ukraine. thumb|Shepherd in Budjak

region in north-eastern Romania

thumb|Map of Pokuttia in 1648 Pokuttia, also known as Pokuttya or Pokutia, (, ; ; ) is a historical area of East-Central Europe, situated between the Dniester and Cheremosh rivers and the Carpathian Mountains, in the southwestern part of modern Ukraine. Although the historic heart of the area was Kolomyia, the name Pokuttia (literally 'around the corner') is derived from the town of Kuty, which literally means 'angles' or 'corners'. The region is now inhabited mainly by Ukrainians.

Ukrainian region around the town of Hertsa; former county in Moldavia

quasi-constitutional organic law in Moldavia and Wallachia

Hetman of Ukraine

dialect of Romanian

metropolis

grape variety of Hungary

Part of Bessarabia returned to Moldavia from 1856 to 1878

land in Romania