Definition of Bulgarian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Bulgaria.

Group relationships: Bulgaria, Republic Of Bulgaria
Generic synonyms: European

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people. "The Bulgarian capital is Sofia"
Partainyms: Bulgaria
Derivative terms: Bulgaria

3. Noun. A Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria.

Definition of Bulgarian

1. Adjective. Relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language. ¹

2. Noun. native from Bulgaria. ¹

3. Proper noun. The official language of Bulgaria. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulgarian

Buganda
Buggins's turn
Buginese
Buh
Buhid
Buin
Bujumbura
Bukhara
Bukharin
Bukovina
Bukovinan
Bukovinans
Bulawayo
Bulgar
Bulgaria
Bulgarian (current term)
Bulgarian Hound
Bulgarian Hounds
Bulgarian capital
Bulgarian monetary unit
Bulgarians
Bulgary
Buli
Bull Moose Party
Bull Run
Bullmastiff
Bullmastiffs
Bullock's oriole
Bullom So
Bulnesia

Literary usage of Bulgarian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"During the reign of his younger son Symeon (893-927) the ancient Bulgarian State reached the zenith of its prosperity; its territories extended from the ..."

2. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and (1914)
"THE Bulgarian* ADMINISTRATION Let us now, leaving on one side other characteristic incidents, which could be multiplied ad infinitum, consider the general ..."

3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Use of the Bulgarian name. The Em pire and the Macedonian Slaves. ... Late in the seventh century, the first Bulgarian kingdom was established between ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1876)
"Orpheus was a Bulgarian, so likewise was Alexander the Great. ... The possibility remains that Aristotle was not a Bulgarian after all, ..."

5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"NATIONAL REVIVAL At the beginning of the nineteenth century the existence of the Bulgarian race was almost unknown hi Europe even to students of Slavonic ..."

6. The Balkans: A Laboratory of History by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"As early as the first quarter of the nineteenth century Bulgarian schools ... They were supplied by the efforts of Bulgarian merchants in foreign lands with ..."

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