- a variation of Rumelia.
Roumelia
Americannoun
noun
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Papouas boasted that he had been a scourge of Thessaly and Roumelia for seven years.
From Time Magazine Archive
In September, 1885, there was a revolution in Sofia, the capital of Eastern Roumelia, when the crown was offered to Alexander of Battenberg, who accepted.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
The great Balkan range could not hinder the Bulgarians of East Roumelia from uniting with their brethren to the north of the mountain.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
It was in their full career of victory, and when everything seemed in their power, when they had gained the whole province of Roumelia, which is round about Constantinople, that a terrible reverse befell them.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Orders were given for a general levy through the provinces, and the Emperor himself commenced a tour of inspection of the frontier lying towards Roumelia.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
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