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• Bulgarian
  Bulgarian

  noun

  Also Bulgar a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria.
• bulgarian
  bulgarian

  adjective

  of, relating to, or characteristic of Bulgaria, its people, or their language

Bulgarian

American  

[buhl-gair-ee-uhn, bool-] / bʌlˈgɛər i ən, bʊl- /

noun

• Bulgarians
  plural

1. Also Bulgar a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria.

2. a Slavic language, the language of Bulgaria. Bulg., Bulg

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adjective

1. of or relating to Bulgaria, its people, or their language.

bulgarian British  

/ bʊl-, bʌlˈɡɛərɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Bulgaria, its people, or their language

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noun

1. the official language of Bulgaria, belonging to the S Slavonic branch of the Indo-European family

2. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Bulgaria

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• anti-Bulgarian
  adjective
• pro-Bulgarian
  adjective
• pseudo-Bulgarian
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Bulgarians
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Bulgarian

First recorded in 1545–55; Bulgari(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Bulgarian Bulgarians

"Cargo vessels are being forced to wait or sail with a reduced load," a spokesperson at the Bulgarian government's Danube agency told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

And a resident of the northeastern Bulgarian city of Ruse found bones on the Danube river bed, which experts determined were the remains of a mammoth.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier collaborated with the McCreary brothers and the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices choir on “Black Box” to create a work of dissonant majesty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

His uncle, Prince Kiril, and dozens of Bulgarian elites connected to the monarchy weren’t so fortunate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

People are paying 14.00 guilders an ounce for Bulgarian tobacco!

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Marsalek is also believed to have been the controller of a group of Bulgarians who were convicted in London in 2025 of spying for Russia.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Some Bulgarians worry the introduction of the euro could lead to price increases.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 49 percent of Bulgarians are against the single currency.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Mobilized on TikTok and other social-media platforms, Bulgarians marched with signs reading “Gen Z is coming” and “Gen Z vs. Corruption.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

One by one, the Bulgarians filed between the rows of seats in the box, and Bagman called out the name of each as they shook hands with their own minister and then with Fudge.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling