Dobruja

American

[doh-broo-juh, daw-broo-juh] / ˈdoʊ bru dʒə, ˈdɔ bru dʒə /

noun

a region in SE Romania and NE Bulgaria, between the Danube River and the Black Sea. 2,970 sq. mi. (7,690 sq. km).

Dobruja British

/ ˈdɔbrudʒa /

noun

Romanian name: Dobrogea. a region of E Europe, between the River Danube and the Black Sea: the north passed to Romania and the south to Bulgaria after the Berlin Congress (1878)

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Dobruja

He had a good reason: the Entente served as a check on Bulgaria, which wants the Rumanian province of Dobruja.

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If Bulgaria had Dobruja, she would share the lower Danube to the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

If that line-up holds and Rumania has to fight Russia, Hungary will not grab for Transylvania, nor Bulgaria for Dobruja.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bulgaria's Coburg King Boris was primarily pro-neutrality and then, oddly enough, pro-British, but most Bulgarians were ready to shout for the side that could produce the Dobruja and promise Thrace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rainfall averages about twenty-five inches, ranging from only fifteen inches on the Dobruja plateau to forty inches in the mountainous regions.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

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