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Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west.

Bessarabia may also refer to:

• Bessarabia Oblast and Governorate, Russian Empire 1812–1917
• Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic, proclaimed 1919
• Bessarabia Governorate (Romania), 1941–1944
• Bessarabian question, a geopolitical dispute regarding Bessarabia
• Bessarabian, a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse
• Bessarabian Stakes, named after the racehorse

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