Roumelia

[roo-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh]

noun

Rumelia.

Rumelia

or Rou·me·li·a

[roo-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh]

noun

a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
Eastern, a former autonomous province within this division: later became S Bulgaria.

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Eastern Roumelia was united to Bulgaria proper by a bold and well-timed stroke.
Bulgaria
Frank Fox
Then it marched by the coast-line through what is now Roumelia and Thessaly.
Famous Sea Fights
John Richard Hale
Meanwhile what had become of the Turkish population of the Balkans and Roumelia?
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)
Charles Morris
The Pacha of Roumelia, the best officer of the Mussulmans, lost his life also.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13
Various
Considerably further south were the glaciers of the Despoto Dagh of Roumelia.
Fragments of Earth Lore
James Geikie

British Dictionary definitions for roumelia

Roumelia

noun

a variant spelling of Rumelia

Rumelia

noun

history the possessions of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan peninsula: including Macedonia, Albania, Thrace, and an autonomous province (Eastern Rumelia) ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria

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