Bulgar
Americannoun
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Bulgars
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noun
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a member of a group of non-Indo-European peoples that settled in SE Europe in the late 7th century ad and adopted the language and culture of their Slavonic subjects
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a rare name for a Bulgarian
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In one especially colorful moment in Bulgarian history, the Bulgar Khan, Krum, converted the skull of a slain emperor into a goblet in about 810 CE to toast his victory over a Byzantine army.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
They reached into the period of the Bulgar kings, who ruled this region between the seventh and 13th centuries, and distilled a set of attitudes and values that had persisted into modern-day Tatarstan.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2017
The stranded Bulgar peace negotiators in Cairo said they were ready to listen again to Allied terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Khasen stood before 50 Greek and foreign reporters and cameramen in a room in Salonika to tell his story at the behest of the Athens government, long an involuntary host to hundreds of Bulgar spies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The region developed a rudimentary form of cultural life, and Christianity in the Eastern Orthodox form was introduced after the conversion of the Bulgar Tsar Boris in 864.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
Simultaneously, the Avars and Bulgars, steppe peoples related to the Huns, were pressing Byzantine territory from the north, and piracy was rife in the Mediterranean.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
While the Avars had converted to Christianity during the period of their invasions, the Bulgars remained pagan.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars made frequent raids on the northern borders.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Soon Munro left London again to become the Morning Post's correspondent in the Balkans, covering the bloody rivalry between Turks and Bulgars.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Germanic Goths were followed by Slavs and Avars, and not until the Bulgars overran the area in the seventh century was a semblance of civic order established.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
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