Meanings
proper noun
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Turkic*bulga-
- Proto-Turkic*bulgar
- Old Turkic𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a)
- Old Church Slavonicблъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)
- Medieval LatinBulgarus
- EnglishBulgar
- EnglishBulgaria
From Medieval Latin Bulgaria, equivalent to Bulgar + -ia, in English used from the 16th century.
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Bulgarye
- Bulgaryecountry
Arabic بُلْغَارِيَا f or بَلْغَارْيَا, بلغاريا
- بُلْغَارِيَا f or بَلْغَارْيَا (bulḡāriyā)country
- بلغاريا (balḡārya or bulḡārya)country
Basque Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Bengali বুলগেরিয়া
- বুলগেরিয়া (bulgeriẏa)country
Bulgarian Бълга́рия
- Бълга́рия (Bălgárija)country
Catalan Bulgària
- Bulgàriacountry
Chinese 保加利亞 /保加利亚
- 保加利亞 /保加利亚 (Pó-ka-lī-a / Pó-kee-lī-a)country
Chinese Cantonese 保加利亞 /保加利亚
- 保加利亞 /保加利亚 (bou² gaa¹ lei⁶ aa³)country
Chinese Mandarin 保加利亞 /保加利亚
- 保加利亞 /保加利亚 (Bǎojiālìyà)country
Czech Bulharsko
- Bulharskocountry
Danish Bulgarien
- Bulgariencountry
Dari بُلْغَارِسْتَان, بُلْغَارِیَا
- بُلْغَارِسْتَان (bulġāristān)country
- بُلْغَارِیَا (bulġāriyā)country
Dutch Bulgarije
- Bulgarijecountry
Esperanto Bulgario, Bulgarujo
- Bulgariocountry
- Bulgarujocountry
Estonian Bulgaaria
- Bulgaariacountry
Finnish Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
French Bulgarie
- Bulgariecountry
German Bulgarien
- Bulgariencountry
Greek Βουλγαρία
- Βουλγαρία (Voulgaría)country
Hawaiian Pulukalia
- Pulukaliacountry
Hebrew בּוּלְגַּרְיָה
- בּוּלְגַּרְיָה (bulgárya)country
Hindi बुल्गारिया
- बुल्गारिया (bulgāriyā)country
Hungarian Bulgária
- Bulgáriacountry
Icelandic Búlgaría
- Búlgaríacountry
Indonesian Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Iranian Persian بُلْغارِسْتان
- بُلْغارِسْتان (bolġârestân)country
Irish An Bhulgáir, Poblacht na Bulgáire
- An Bhulgáircountry
- Poblacht na Bulgáirecountry
Italian Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Japanese ブルガリア
- ブルガリア (Burugaria)country
Korean 불가리아, 벌가리아
- 불가리아country
- 벌가리아 (Beolgaria)country
Latin Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Latvian Bulgārija
- Bulgārijacountry
Lithuanian Bulgarija
- Bulgarijacountry
Malay Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Māori Purukāria
- Purukāriacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Polish Bułgaria
- Bułgariacountry
Portuguese Bulgária
- Bulgáriacountry
Romanian Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Russian Болга́рия
- Болга́рия (Bolgárija)country
Slovak Bulharsko
- Bulharskocountry
Spanish Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Swahili Bulgaria
- Bulgariacountry
Swedish Bulgarien
- Bulgariencountry
Tagalog Bulgarya
- Bulgaryacountry
Tamil பல்காரியா, பல்கேரியா
- பல்காரியா (palkāriyā)country
- பல்கேரியா (palkēriyā)country
Thai บัลแกเรีย
- บัลแกเรีย (ban-gɛɛ-riia)country
Turkish Bulgaristan
- Bulgaristancountry
Ukrainian Болга́рія, Болґа́рія
- Болга́рія (Bolhárija)country
- Болґа́рія (Bolgárija)country
- Болга́рщина (Bolhárščyna)country
Urdu بُلْغارِیَہ, بُلْغارِسْتان
- بُلْغارِیَہ (bulġāriya)country
- بُلْغارِسْتان (bulġāristān)country
Vietnamese Bun-ga-ri, Bảo Gia Lợi
- Bun-ga-ricountry
- Bảo Gia Lợicountry
Yiddish בולגאַריע
- בולגאַריע (bulgarye)country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Bulgaria
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Bulgaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bulgaria
MLA
“Bulgaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bulgaria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bulgaria,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bulgaria.
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