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 Metropolis of Bessarabia, a church jurisdiction in Moldova that is part of the Romanian Orthodox Church