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BULGARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
Synonyms:
Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula)
Meronyms (parts of "Bulgaria"):
Bulgarian capital; Serdica; Sofia (capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria)
Philippopolis; Plovdiv (an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region)
Varna (a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea)
Danau; Danube; Danube River (the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea)
Meronyms (members of "Bulgaria"):
Bulgarian (a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria)
Domain member region:
Pleven; Plevna (the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days)
Holonyms ("Bulgaria" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Holonyms ("Bulgaria" is a member of...):
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)
Derivation:
Bulgarian (of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people)
