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Bulgaria

/bʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ə/

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Bulgaria proper noun: a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.

bulgaria: a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city:...
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Proper noun

Bulgaria

  1. A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.
    • Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said.2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2018

Bulgaria meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Bulgaria in Hindi

country
बुल्गारिया bulgāriyā

Bulgaria in Tamil

country
பல்காரியா palkāriyā, பல்கேரியா palkēriyā

Bulgaria in Marathi

country
बल्गेरिया balgeriyā

Bulgaria in Urdu

country
بُلْغارِیَہ bulġāriya, بُلْغارِسْتان bulġāristān
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Bulgaria in Bengali
বুলগেরিয়া bulgeriẏa
Bulgaria in Telugu
బల్గేరియా balgēriyā
Bulgaria in Malayalam
ബൾഗേറിയ baḷgēṟiya
Bulgaria in Kannada
ಬಲ್ಗೇರಿಯ balgēriya
Bulgaria in Gujarati
બલ્ગેરિયા balgeriyā
Bulgaria in Odia
ବୁଲଗେରିଆ bulageriā
Bulgaria in Sinhala
බල්ගේරියාව balgēriyāwa
Bulgaria in Assamese
বুলগেৰিয়া bulogeria
Bulgaria in Pashto
بلغاريه bulǧārya, بلغاريا bolǧāryā, بلغارستان bolǧāristān
Bulgaria in Tagalog
Bulgarya
Bulgaria in Arabic
بُلْغَارِيَا f or بَلْغَارْيَا bulḡāriyā, بلغاريا balḡārya or bulḡārya
Bulgaria in Malay
Bulgaria
Bulgaria in Indonesian
Bulgaria
Bulgaria in Persian
بُلْغَارِسْتَان bulġāristān, بُلْغَارِیَا bulġāriyā, بُلْغارِسْتان bolġârestân
Bulgaria in Thai
บัลแกเรีย ban-gɛɛ-riia
Bulgaria in Vietnamese
Bun-ga-ri, Bảo Gia Lợi
Bulgaria in Myanmar
ဘူဂေးရီးယား bhuge:ri:ya:
Dhivehi
ބަލްގޭރިއާ balgēriā

Origin of Bulgaria

From Medieval Latin Bulgaria, equivalent to Bulgar + -ia, in English used from the 16th century.

Words formed from Bulgaria

Phrases with Bulgaria

Words that rhyme with Bulgaria

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Questions about Bulgaria

What does Bulgaria mean?
Bulgaria means a country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.
What is Bulgaria in Hindi?
Bulgaria in Hindi is बुल्गारिया (bulgāriyā). See Bulgaria meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is pronounced /bʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).

Words near Bulgaria in the dictionary

  1. Bulgakovs
  2. Bulgan
  3. Bulgana
  4. bulgar
  5. Bulgar leather
  6. Bulgaria
  7. bulgariaceous
  8. Bulgarian
  9. Bulgarian Hound
  10. Bulgarian Hounds
  11. Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Bulgaria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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