Roumelia

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

/ ruˈmi li ə, -ˈmil yə /

noun

Rumelia.

Definition for roumelia (2 of 2)

Rumelia

or Rou·me·li·a

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

/ ruˈmi li ə, -ˈmil yə /

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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Examples from the Web for roumelia

Then it marched by the coast-line through what is now Roumelia and Thessaly.
Famous Sea Fights|John Richard Hale
Gosselin says, Thrace (the present Roumelia) was indisputably the most northern nation known to Homer.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3)|Strabo
Considerably further south were the glaciers of the Despoto Dagh of Roumelia.
Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie
If General Church had money and provisions, much is to be done in Roumelia, but without these nothing can be achieved anywhere.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II|Thomas Lord Cochrane

He will be disposed to join in resistance to exaggerated Russian pretensions with regard to Roumelia and the Danube.
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2|Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton

British Dictionary definitions for roumelia (1 of 2)

Roumelia

/ (ruːˈmiːlɪə) /

noun

a variant spelling of Rumelia

British Dictionary definitions for roumelia (2 of 2)

Rumelia

/ (ruːˈmiːlɪə) /

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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