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Chișinău
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Chisinau
English
Alternative forms
en Chisinau
en Kishinyov Kishinev dated via Russian
Etymology
en ro Chișinău.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/
en En-us-Chișinău.ogg GA
en aʊ
Proper noun
en Q21197 en municipality/capital city c/Moldova first written menitoned in October 14, 1436.
en metonym The Moldovan government.
Translations
capital city and a municipality of Moldova
Afrikaans: af Kisjinau
Albanian: sq Kishinau
Amharic: am ኪሺንው
Arabic: ar كِيشِينَاو f kišināw, ar كِيشِينِيف f
Armenian: hy Քիշնեւ
Asturian: ast Quixináu
Azerbaijani: az Kişinyov
Belarusian: be Кішынёў m
Bengali: bn কিশিনাউ
Bulgarian: bg Кишине́в m, bg Кишине́у
Burmese: my ချီဆီနောမြို့
Cherokee: chr ᏥᏏᎾᏫ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 基希訥烏 gei1 hei1 nat6 wu1
Mandarin: cmn 基希訥烏 Jīxīnèwū
Czech: cs Kišiněv m
Danish: da Chișinău n
Dutch: nl Chisinau n
Esperanto: eo Kiŝinevo
Estonian: et Chișinău, et Kišinjov dated
Farefare: gur Kisinau
Finnish: fi Chișinău; fi Chisinau simplified; fi Kishinev dated
French: fr Chișinău m, fr Chisinau m, fr Kichinev f
Gagauz: gag Kişinöv
Georgian: ka კიშინიოვი
German: de Kischinau n, de Chișinău n
Greek: el Κισινάου n
Hebrew: he קִישִׁינֶב f
Hindi: hi चिसिनाऊ m
Hungarian: hu Chișinău
Icelandic: is Kisínev
Indonesian: id Chișinău
Irish: ga Císineá f
Italian: it Chisinau, it Chișinău
Japanese: ja キシナウ Kishinau, ja キシニョフ Kishinyofu
Kazakh: kk Кишинев, kk Кишинёв
Khmer: km ជីស៊ីណូ
Korean: ko ^키시너우, ko ^키시뇨프
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Chișinău
Kyrgyz: ky Кишинёв
Lao: lo ຊີຊືເນົາ
Latvian: lv Kišiņeva f
Lithuanian: lt Kišiniovas m
Macedonian: mk Киши́нев m
Malay: ms Chișinău
Maltese: mt Ċisinaw
Marathi: mr किशिनाऊ n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Кишинёв
Nogai: nog Кешене
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Chișinău
Pashto: ps کیشیناو
Persian: fa کیشینف kišinef, fa کیشیناو kišinâv
Polish: pl Kiszyniów m
Portuguese: pt Quixinau
Romanian: ro Chișinău n
Cyrillic: ro Кишинэу n
Russian: ru Кишинёв m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Кишињев m
Latin: sh Kišinjev m
Slovak: sk Kišiňov m
Slovene: sl Kišinjev m
Spanish: es Chisinau m
Swedish: sv Chișinău n, sv Kishinev n, sv Kisjinjov n
Tagalog: tl Chișinău
Tajik: tg Кишинёв
Tamil: ta கிசினோவ்
Tatar: tt Кишенәү
Thai: th คีชีเนา
Turkish: tr Kişinev
Turkmen: tk Kişinýow
Ukrainian: uk Кишині́в m
Urdu: ur کیشیناو m kiśināū
Uyghur: ug كىشىنېۋ
Uzbek: uz Kishinyov
Vietnamese: vi Ki-si-nhốp, vi Ki-si-nô
Yiddish: yi קעשענעוו n
Estonian
et:
Etymology
From et ro Chișinău.
Pronunciation
kišinöu
et øu 3
et Chi și nău
Proper noun
Chișinău Chișinăud
et municipality/capital city c/Moldova Chișinău
Declension
Chișinău sg
Synonyms
et Kišinjov dated Russicism
References
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ro Chișinău.
Pronunciation
kišinau
Proper noun
Chișinău capital city of Moldova
Usage notes
When the correct special characters are not available, the simplified spelling fi Chisinau is used.
Declension
sg Chișinău a u
Synonyms
fi Kishinev dated
Italian
Etymology
it ro Chişinău
Pronunciation
chiscinàu
Proper noun
it proper noun f
it capital city c/Moldova
Portuguese
Proper noun
pt Quixinau
Romanian
ro:
Alternative forms
ro Кишинэу post-1930s (Moldovan) Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
From ro hu Kisjenő, derived from hu kis Jenő small Hungarian tribe y, compare the town of Chișineu-Criș in Romania. ro
Possibly from (Cuman) ro qwm kešene burial mound, ro krc kešene graveyard, cemetery, ultimately from ro fa کاشانه kâšâne., entry: Kisinyov. Compare ba кәшәнә grave memorial and kk кесене mausoleum.
Pronunciation
ro /ki.ʃiˈnəw/
ro Ro-Chișinău.ogg
ro əw 3
ro Chi și nău
Proper noun
ro proper noun n definite nominative/accusative Chișinăul definite genitive/dative Chișinăului
ro municipality/capital city c/Moldova Chișinău
Declension
Bacău sg
References