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Burgas

American  
[boor-gahs] / bʊərˈgɑs /

noun

  1. a seaport in E Bulgaria, on the Black Sea.


Burgas British  
/ burˈɡas /

noun

  1. a port in SE Bulgaria on an inlet of the Black Sea. Pop: 177 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Significant protests also took place in Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Blagoevgrad and other cities.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Burgas refinery plays a key economic role for Bulgaria.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Bulgaria: The country is steadily taking control from Russia of an important oil terminal in the Black Sea port city of Burgas.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Vassilev said Bulgaria also needs to get a derogation, as its only refinery at the Black Sea port of Burgas needed time to upgrade its de-sulphurization facilities necessary to switch to processing only non-Russian crude.

From Reuters • May 8, 2022

The Eocene, or older Tertiary, further appears with nummulitic formations on both sides of the eastern Balkans; the Oligocene only near the Black Sea coast at Burgas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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