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| *''Moldovans'' a name for the ]-speaking people living in the area of the former principality of ''']''', now divided between ] and the ''']'''. | *''Moldovans'' a name for the ]-speaking people living in the area of the former principality of ''']''', now divided between ] and the ''']'''. | ||
| *''Moldovans'', a ethnic group, living mainly in the ], where they comprise 76.1% of population. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova |
*''Moldovans'', a ethnic group, living mainly in the ], where they comprise 76.1% of population. Moldovans are also a minority ethnicity in the Ukraine. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova are considered by some pan-Romanianists to be the same ethnicity, ], and they allege that it was universally accepted until after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern half of Moldavia in the ], when the Soviet Union tried to severe all links of the Moldovans with Romania and encourage a separate identity, including a ] and separate history. | ||
| *''Moldovans'' can also refer to ]n nationals, regardless of ethnicity. | *''Moldovans'' can also refer to ]n nationals, regardless of ethnicity. | ||
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Moldovan or Moldovans (also Moldavian or Moldavians) can refer to:
- Moldovans a name for the Romanian-speaking people living in the area of the former principality of Moldavia, now divided between Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
- Moldovans, a ethnic group, living mainly in the Republic of Moldova, where they comprise 76.1% of population. Moldovans are also a minority ethnicity in the Ukraine. The Moldovans of Romania and Moldovans of Moldova are considered by some pan-Romanianists to be the same ethnicity, Romanian, and they allege that it was universally accepted until after the Soviet occupation of the Eastern half of Moldavia in the 1940s, when the Soviet Union tried to severe all links of the Moldovans with Romania and encourage a separate identity, including a Moldovan language and separate history.
- Moldovans can also refer to Moldovan nationals, regardless of ethnicity.