REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Bulgaria mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria

Instance hypernyms:

Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic 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 "Republic 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 ("Republic of 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 ("Republic of 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)