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Plov⋅div

[plawv-dif]
–noun
a city in S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River. 309,242.
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Plov·div   (plôv'dĭf')   
A city of south-central Bulgaria on the Maritsa River southeast of Sofia. Originally built by Thracians, it fell to Macedon in 341 B.C. and to Rome in 46. The city changed hands frequently in the Middle Ages and was controlled by Russia from 1877 to 1885. Population: 347,000.
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