Moldovan

adjective

Mol·do·van mäl-ˈdō-vən

mȯl-

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Moldova or its people

Moldovan noun

plural Moldovans

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1990, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Moldovan was in 1990

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