Dobruja

American  

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

noun

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

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Dobruja British  

/ ˈdɔbrudʒa /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

It's a town in northern Dobruja, Romania.

From The Guardian

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Rumor had it that the Foreign Minister was cooking up a deal between Bulgaria and Rumania whereby King Carol would appease King Boris by handing back a small strip of the Dobruja territory Bulgaria has long demanded.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only does Russia want back Bessarabia, but Hungary wants back Transylvania, Bulgaria wants back Dobruja�Rumania's northeast, northwest and southern provinces.

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