Definitions

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  • noun the capital of Moldova

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Examples

  • The evening walks in Kishinev; he was proud and jealous because handsome young fellows smiled at his sisters on the promenade.

    Excerpt: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon 2008

  • Lieberman was born in Kishinev, in Soviet Moldova, in 1958, the only child of a father who had spent six years in the Red Army and 10 more in forced exile in Siberia — an entirely ordinary history for a Jewish family where he grew up.

    The Minister for National Fears 2007

  • Lieberman was born in Kishinev, in Soviet Moldova, in 1958, the only child of a father who had spent six years in the Red Army and 10 more in forced exile in Siberia — an entirely ordinary history for a Jewish family where he grew up.

    The Minister for National Fears 2007

  • Lieberman was born in Kishinev, in Soviet Moldova, in 1958, the only child of a father who had spent six years in the Red Army and 10 more in forced exile in Siberia — an entirely ordinary history for a Jewish family where he grew up.

    The Minister for National Fears 2007

  • 1903: At Easter, government agents organized an anti-Jewish pogrom in Kishinev, Moldova, Russia.

    Think Progress » BREAKING: Military Will Request $100B For Iraq Next Year, Murtha Reveals 2005

  • You might already know this but, she won the Jomo Kenyatta Literary Prize in Adult literature for her latest book, 'A farm called Kishinev'- A novel based on a true story of how the Jews escaping persecution in Eastern Europe were resettled in Kenya during the pre-colonial years and the feelings of the time.

    Coming to Birth 2007

  • The "Gates of Chişinău", as seen when entering the city from the direction of the Chişinău airport Chişinău (Romanian pronunciation: [kiʃiˈnəw]; in the past also known as Kishinev, Russian: Кишинёв Kishinyov), is the capital and largest municipality of

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • […] Demonstration of young people from Kishinev started as a viral message on the Internet.

    Global Voices in English » Moldova: Overview of Blog Coverage of the Protests 2009

  • Yes, in the far-away land of Russia, the news of the death of the famous American writer came not only through the major newspapers of Petersburg and Moscow, but also through the publications in Kishinev, Astrakhan, Rostov-on-the Don, Odessa, Tyflis.

    Jack and Charmian London's Grave Site 2010

  • Only the old town of Kishinev remained, as he intended it should, a part of him still there.

    William Trevor | An Idyll in Winter 2011

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