Bulgaria

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

English

Bulgaria (in dark green) within Europe.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ə/
• (US) 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), Болгартәыла (Bolgartʷʼəla)
• Acehnese: Bulgaria
• Adyghe: Булгарие (Bulɣarije)
• Afrikaans: Bulgarye (af)
• Albanian: Bullgari f (indefinite), Bullgaria (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቡልጋሪያ (bulgariya)
• Arabic: بُلْغَارِيَا‎ f (bulḡāriyā), بَلْغَارْيَا‎ f (balḡāryā)

  Hijazi Arabic: بَلغاريا‎ f (balḡārya, balgārya), بُلغاريا‎ f (bulḡārya, bulgārya)

• Armenian: Բուլղարիա (hy) (Bulġaria)
• Aromanian: Bulgãrii, Bulgãrie, Vurgarii, Vurgãrii, Vurgãrie, Vãryãrii, Vãryãrie, (feminine) (indefinite), Bulgãria, Vurgaria, Vurgãria, Vãryãria, (feminine) (definite)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܼܠܓܵܪܝܼܵܐ‎ f (bulgariya)
• Asturian: Bulgaria (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Bolqarıstan (az)
• Bashkir: Болгария (Bulgareya)
• Basque: Bulgaria (eu)
• Belarusian: Балга́рыя f (Balháryja), Баўга́рыя f (Baŭháryja)
• Bengali: বুলগেরিয়া (bn) (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:

  Cantonese: 保加利亞／保加利亚 (bou² gaa¹ lei⁶ aa³)

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

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

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Hausa: Bulgeriya
• Hawaiian: Pulukalia
• Hebrew: בּוּלְגַּרְיָה‎ (he) f (bulgárya)
• Hindi: बुल्गारिया (hi) m (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: Болғария (Bolğariä), Бұлғарстан (Būlğarstan), Бұлғария (Būlğariä), Болгария (kk) (Bolgariä)
• Khmer: ប៊ុលហ្គារី (bulgiərii)
• Kikuyu: Bulgaria
• Korean: 불가리아 (ko) (Bulgaria), 벌가리아 (ko) (Beolgaria) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Болгария (ky) (Bolgariya)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: Bulgaria
• Lao: ບຸນກາຣີ (bun kā rī)
• Latvian: Bulgārija f
• Limburgish: Bölgerië
• Lithuanian: Bulgarija (lt) f
• Livonian: Bulgārij
• Luhya: Bulgaria
• Luo: Bulgaria
• Macedonian: Буга́рија (mk) f (Bugárija)
• Malay: Bulgaria (ms)
• Maltese: il-Bulgarija
• Manx: Yn Vulgeyr f
• Maori: Purukāria
• Meru: Bulgaria
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Болгар (Bolgar)

• Navajo: Ditsʼozí Daʼalzhishii Bikéyah
• Norman: Bulgarie f
• Northern Sami: Bulgária
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bulgaria (no) n

  Nynorsk: Bulgaria (nn) n

• Occitan: Bulgaria f
• Old Norse: Bolgaraland n
• Ossetian: Болгари (Bolgari)
• Pashto: بلغاريه‎ (ps) f (bulǧārya), بلغاريا‎ f (bolǧāryā), بلغارستان‎ m (bolǧāristān)
• Persian: بُلغارِستان‎ (fa) (bolğârestân)
• Polish: Bułgaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bulgária (pt) f
• Quechua: Bulgarya
• Romanian: Bulgaria (ro) f
• Russian: Болга́рия (ru) f (Bolgárija)
• Rusyn: Булга́рія f (Bulhárija)
• Scots: Bulgarie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бу̏гарска f

  Roman: Bȕgarska (sh) f

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

  Lower Sorbian: Bulgarska f

  Upper Sorbian: Bołharska f

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

See also

• (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

Acehnese

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• búlgaru

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulɡaɾia/ [bul.ɣ̞a.ɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Bul‧ga‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Bulgaria inan

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Bulgaria (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Bulgaria
ergative	Bulgariak
dative	Bulgariari
genitive	Bulgariaren
comitative	Bulgariarekin
causative	Bulgariarengatik
benefactive	Bulgariarentzat
instrumental	Bulgariaz
inessive	Bulgarian
locative	Bulgariako
allative	Bulgariara
terminative	Bulgariaraino
directive	Bulgariarantz
destinative	Bulgariarako
ablative	Bulgariatik
partitive	Bulgariarik
prolative	Bulgariatzat

Derived terms

• bulgariar (“Bulgarian”)
• bulgariera (“Bulgarian language”)

 

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bulgaria.

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊlˈkaːri.a]

Proper noun

Bulgaria n

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Bulgaria (singular only)
n1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Bulgaria	Bulgariað
accusative	Bulgaria	Bulgariað
dative	Bulgaria	Bulgarianum
genitive	Bulgaria	Bulgarians

Finnish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Bulgaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulɡɑ(ː)riɑ/, [ˈbulɡɑ̝(ː)ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bul‧ga‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

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 (type kulkija)

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 — —

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• bulgaari

Galician

Alternative forms

• Bulgária (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• búlgaro

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈɡari̯a/

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Bulgaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊlˈɡaria̯/
• Rhymes: -ria̯, -ia̯, -a
• Hyphenation: Bul‧ga‧ria

Proper noun

Bulgaria

2. Bulgaria (a country in Southeastern Europe; official name: Republic of Bulgaria)

Adjective

Bulgaria

1. Bulgarian

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Further reading

• “Bulgaria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.ɡaˈri.a/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Bul‧ga‧rì‧a

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• bulgaro

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

Latin

Etymology

Medieval Latin

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

Related terms

• Bulgarus (adjective)
  • Bulgari m pl

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ბულგარეთი (bulgareti)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• bulgarer
• bulgarsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bulgaria

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• bulgar, bulgarar
• bulgarsk

Occitan

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• bulgar

Romanian

Etymology

From bulgar +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈɡa.rja/

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Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• bulgară
• bulgăresc

Sardinian

Proper noun

Bulgaria ?

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: Bul‧ga‧ria

Proper noun

Bulgaria f

1. Bulgaria (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• búlgara
• búlgaro