Bulgaria

See also: bulgaria, Bulgária, Búlgaría, Bulgarìa, Bulgària, and Bułgaria

English

Etymology

Bulgar +‎ -ia, from the Middle Latin, in English used from the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ə/
• IPA^(key): /bʌlˈɡɛɹ.i.ə/, /bʊlˈɡɛɹ.i.ə/

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Proper noun

Bulgaria

2. A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria.

Derived terms

• Bulgarian

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Былгариа (Bəlgarja)
• Acehnese: Bulgaria
• Adyghe: Булгарие (Bulɣarije)
• Afrikaans: Bulgarye
• Albanian: Bullgari f
• Amharic: ቡልጋሪያ (bulgariya)
• Arabic: بُلْغَارِيَا f (bulḡāriyā)
• Armenian: Բուլղարիա (hy) (Bulġaria)
• Aromanian: Vurgaria
• Asturian: Bulgaria (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Bolqarıstan (az)
• Bashkir: Болгария (Bolgariya)
• Basque: Bulgaria (eu)
• Belarusian: Балга́рыя f (Balháryja), Баўга́рыя f (Baŭháryja)
• Bengali: বুলগেরিয়া (bulgeriẏa)
• Breton: Bulgaria (br)
• Bulgarian: Бълга́рия (bg) f (Bǎlgárija)
• Burmese: ဘူဂေးရီးယား (bhuge:ri:ya:)
• Catalan: Bulgària (ca) f
• Chechen: Болгари (Bolgari)
• Cherokee: ᏊᎵᎨᎵᎠ (quuligelia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保加利亞／保加利亚 (zh) (Bǎojiālìyà), 保加利亚 (zh) (Bǎojiālìyà)

• Chuvash: Болгари (Bolgari), Пӑлхарӗ (Pălh̬arĕ)
• Crimean Tatar: Bulğaristan
• Czech: Bulharsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bulgarien (da)
• Dhivehi: ބަލްގޭރިއާ (dv) (balgēriā)
• Dutch: Bulgarije (nl)
• Esperanto: Bulgario, Bulgarujo
• Estonian: Bulgaaria (et)
• Faroese: Bulgaria n
• Finnish: Bulgaria (fi), Bulgarian tasavalta (fi)
• French: Bulgarie (fr) f
• Galician: Bulgaria (gl) f
• Georgian: ბულგარეთი (ka) (bulgareti)
• German: Bulgarien (de) n

  Central Franconian: Bulljaarije

• Greek: Βουλγαρία (el) f (Voulgaría)

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Hausa: Bulgeriya
• Hawaiian: Pulukalia
• Hebrew: בּוּלְגַּרְיָה (he) f (bulgarya)
• Hindi: बुल्गारिया (hi) (bulgāriyā)
• Hungarian: Bulgária (hu)
• Icelandic: Búlgaría (is) f
• Ido: Bulgaria (io)
• Igbo: Bulgaria
• Indonesian: Bulgaria (id)
• Interlingua: Bulgaria (ia)
• Irish: An Bhulgáir f, Poblacht na Bulgáire f
• Italian: Bulgaria (it) f
• Japanese: ブルガリア (ja) (Burugaria)
• Kalenjin: Bulgaria
• Kamba: Bulgaria
• Karakalpak: Bolgariya
• Kazakh: Болгария (Bolgariä), Болғария (Bolğariä), Бұлғарстан (Būlğarstan)
• Khmer: ប៊ុលហ្គារី (bulgiərii)
• Kikuyu: Bulgaria
• Korean: 불가리아 (Bulgaria)
• Kyrgyz: Болгария (ky) (Bolgariya)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: Bulgaria
• Lao: ບຸນກາຣີ (bun kā rī)
• Latvian: Bulgārija f
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• Limburgish: Bölgerië (li)
• Lithuanian: Bulgarija (lt) f
• Livonian: Bulgārij
• Luhya: Bulgaria
• Luo: Bulgaria
• Macedonian: Бугарија (mk) f (Bugarija)
• Malay: Bulgaria
• Maltese: il-Bulgarija
• Manx: Yn Vulgeyr f
• Maori: Purukāria
• Meru: Bulgaria
• Mongolian: Болгар (Bolgar)
• Navajo: Bálgaa bikéyah
• Norman: Bulgarie f
• Northern Sami: Bulgária
• Norwegian: Bulgaria (no)

  Bokmål: Bulgaria (no) n

  Nynorsk: Bulgaria (nn) n

• Novial:
• Occitan: Bulgaria f
• Old Norse: Bolgaraland n
• Ossetian: Болгари (Bolgari)
• Pashto: بلغاريه (ps) f (bulǧāryá), بلغاريا f (bolǧāryã), بلغارستان m (bolǧāristãn)
• Persian: بلغارستان (fa) (bolğârestân)
• Polish: Bułgaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bulgária (pt) f
• Quechua: Bulgarya
• Romanian: Bulgaria (ro) f
• Russian: Болга́рия (ru) f (Bolgárija)
• Rusyn: Булгарія f (Bulharija)
• Scots: Bulgarie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бу̏гарска f

  Roman: Bȕgarska (sh) f

• Sicilian: Bulgarìa f
• Silesian: Bułgaryjo f
• Sinhalese: බල්‍ගේරියාව (balgēriyāwa)
• Slovak: Bulharsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Bolgárija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bulgarska f

• Spanish: Bulgaria (es) f
• Swahili: Bulgaria (sw)
• Swedish: Bulgarien (sv)
• Tagalog: Bulgarya
• Tajik: Булғористон (Bulġoriston)
• Tatar: Болгария (tt) (Bolgariyä)
• Thai: บัลแกเรีย (th) (ban-gɛɛ-riia)
• Tibetan: པུ་ར་ག་རི་ཡ (pu ra ga ri ya)
• Turkish: Bulgaristan (tr)
• Turkmen: Bolgariýa
• Ukrainian: Болга́рія (uk) f (Bolhárija)
• Urdu: بلغاریہ (bulġāriyâ)
• Uyghur: بۇلغارىيە (bulghariye)
• Uzbek: Bolgariya (uz)
• Veps: Bolgarii
• Vietnamese: Bun-ga-ri
• Volapük: Bulgarän (vo)
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: Bulgaaria
• Yakut: Болгария (Bolgariya)
• Yiddish: בולגאַריע f (bulgarye)
• Yoruba: Bùùgáríà
• Zazaki: Bulğarıstan (Southern Zazaki)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Bulgaria
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

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Acehnese

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

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Asturian

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• búlgaru

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Basque

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgariar
• bulgariera

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊlˈkaːri.a]

Proper noun

Bulgaria n

1. Bulgaria

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡɑriɑ/, [ˈbulɡɑ̝ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bul‧ga‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

Declension

Inflection of Bulgaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Bulgaria	—
genitive		Bulgarian	—
partitive		Bulgariaa	—
illative		Bulgariaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bulgaria	—
accusative	nom.	Bulgaria	—
	gen.	Bulgarian
genitive		Bulgarian	—
partitive		Bulgariaa	—
inessive		Bulgariassa	—
elative		Bulgariasta	—
illative		Bulgariaan	—
adessive		Bulgarialla	—
ablative		Bulgarialta	—
allative		Bulgarialle	—
essive		Bulgariana	—
translative		Bulgariaksi	—
abessive		Bulgariatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bulgaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bulgariani — accusative nom. Bulgariani — gen. Bulgariani genitive Bulgariani — partitive Bulgariaani — inessive Bulgariassani — elative Bulgariastani — illative Bulgariaani — adessive Bulgariallani — ablative Bulgarialtani — allative Bulgarialleni — essive Bulgarianani — translative Bulgariakseni — abessive Bulgariattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bulgariasi — accusative nom. Bulgariasi — gen. Bulgariasi genitive Bulgariasi — partitive Bulgariaasi — inessive Bulgariassasi — elative Bulgariastasi — illative Bulgariaasi — adessive Bulgariallasi — ablative Bulgarialtasi — allative Bulgariallesi — essive Bulgarianasi — translative Bulgariaksesi — abessive Bulgariattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bulgariamme — accusative nom. Bulgariamme — gen. Bulgariamme genitive Bulgariamme — partitive Bulgariaamme — inessive Bulgariassamme — elative Bulgariastamme — illative Bulgariaamme — adessive Bulgariallamme — ablative Bulgarialtamme — allative Bulgariallemme — essive Bulgarianamme — translative Bulgariaksemme — abessive Bulgariattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bulgarianne — accusative nom. Bulgarianne — gen. Bulgarianne genitive Bulgarianne — partitive Bulgariaanne — inessive Bulgariassanne — elative Bulgariastanne — illative Bulgariaanne — adessive Bulgariallanne — ablative Bulgarialtanne — allative Bulgariallenne — essive Bulgariananne — translative Bulgariaksenne — abessive Bulgariattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bulgariansa — accusative nom. Bulgariansa — gen. Bulgariansa genitive Bulgariansa — partitive Bulgariaansa — inessive Bulgariassaan Bulgariassansa — elative Bulgariastaan Bulgariastansa — illative Bulgariaansa — adessive Bulgariallaan Bulgariallansa — ablative Bulgarialtaan Bulgarialtansa — allative Bulgarialleen Bulgariallensa — essive Bulgarianaan Bulgarianansa — translative Bulgariakseen Bulgariaksensa — abessive Bulgariattaan Bulgariattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• bulgaari

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Galician

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• búlgaro

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈɡari̯a/

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulɡaˈri.a/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgaro

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Latin

Etymology

In Middle Latin, from Bulgar +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Bulgaria f sg (genitive Bulgariae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Bulgaria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bulgaria
Genitive	Bulgariae
Dative	Bulgariae
Accusative	Bulgariam
Ablative	Bulgariā
Vocative	Bulgaria

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgarer
• bulgarsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgar, bulgarar
• bulgarsk

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Occitan

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgar

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈɡa.rj.a/

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• bulgar
• bulgară
• bulgăresc

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈɡaɾja/ [bulˈɣ̞a.ɾja]

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria

Related terms

• búlgaro, búlgara