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Bulgaria

[ buhl-gair-ee-uh, bool- ]

noun

  1. a republic in SE Europe. 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). : Sofia.


Bulgaria

/ bʊl-; bʌlˈɡɛərɪə /

noun

  1. a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)


Bulgaria

  1. Republic in southeastern Europe in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula , bordered by Romania to the north, the Black Sea to the east, Turkey to the southeast, Greece to the south, and Macedonia and Yugoslavia to the west. Its capital and largest city is Sofia.


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Notes

Former Eastern Bloc country. Soviet troops entered Bulgaria in 1944, and a communist government was established soon thereafter. Bulgaria's communist rulers followed the Soviet lead for almost fifty years, until the collapse of the Soviet Union . In January 1991, a multiparty government began to institute democratic and economic reforms.

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Example Sentences

The certificate is now being accepted in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, and Poland.

They were the remains of three people unearthed in the Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria.

“It is remarkable that the Bacho Kiro finds could represent a population that was spreading 45,000 years ago, at least, from Bulgaria to China,” says Carles Lalueza-Fox.

Countries such as Bulgaria and Romania restored their original versions of Santa Claus as they returned to their old customs.

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Ancient humans in Bulgaria may have mingled with native Neandertals.

Since the 10th century, Bulgaria has practiced varying forms of prevention to keep vampires from coming back to life.

Though vampire legends exist the world over, Romania and Bulgaria have born the brunt of the attention.

The great games (Czechoslovakia—Brazil), the boring games (Uruguay—Israel), and the weird games (Morocco—Bulgaria).

And maybe the European Union would like to give back Romania and Bulgaria.

I'd did a previous pilot with them about a CIA station in Bulgaria.

We were further disappointed to find the natives in dress and aspect very like our friends of Bulgaria.

Forty years will have expired this spring since the Christian peasants of Bulgaria rose in arms against the Turkish oppressor.

The king of Bulgaria had hesitated for more than a year to make any decision between the two sides.

Linked up closely with this Greek vacillation was the entry of Bulgaria into the war (October 12th, 1915).

In September a great allied offensive against Bulgaria had produced a revolution in that country and peace proposals.

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