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Bulgarization

/ˌbʌlɡəraɪˈzeɪʃən/

Bulgarization noun: the process or policy of making people, regions, or institutions Bulgarian in language, culture, identity, or national allegiance, typically through state-led assimilation measures.

Noun

Bulgarization (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The process or policy of making people, regions, or institutions Bulgarian in language, culture, identity, or national allegiance, typically through state-led assimilation measures.
    • By March 1985 the Bulgarian Government announced that "Bulgarisation" had been completed...2026 January 23, Wikipedia contributors, “Revival Process#Start of the "Revival Process"”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1334445822

Forms of Bulgarization

alternative formBulgarisation

Origin of Bulgarization

By surface analysis, Bulgar + -ization

Questions about Bulgarization

What does Bulgarization mean?
Bulgarization means the process or policy of making people, regions, or institutions Bulgarian in language, culture, identity, or national allegiance, typically through state-led assimilation measures.
What part of speech is Bulgarization?
Bulgarization is a noun.
How do you pronounce Bulgarization?
Bulgarization is pronounced /ˌbʌlɡəraɪˈzeɪʃən/.

Words near Bulgarization in the dictionary

  1. Bulgaric
  2. Bulgarism
  3. Bulgarisms
  4. Bulgarist
  5. Bulgaristics
  6. Bulgarization
  7. Bulgarize
  8. Bulgarized
  9. Bulgarizes
  10. Bulgarizing
  11. Bulgaro-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bulgarization (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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