Rumelia
Americannoun
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a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
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Eastern, a former autonomous province within this division: later became S Bulgaria.
noun
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The City of Philipopolis, onetime capital of the ancient independent country of Rumelia, was laid utterly in ruins.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the exception of the union of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria, there had been no changes during those twenty-nine years.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
The best sheep are found in the district of Karnobat in Eastern Rumelia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
So with this inadequate r�sum� you must realize that we have passed through Germany, Austria, Rumania, Bulgaria and Rumelia.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard
Eastern Rumelia, where the Bulgarian population never ceased to protest against the division of the race, political life had developed on the same lines as in the principality.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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