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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 Europeplay

    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)

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