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
But the revolt of Eastern Rumelia, followed by the Servo-Bulgarian War and the coercion of Greece by the powers, embittered the rivalry of the various races, and the project was laid aside.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Bulgaria itself was carved into two separate entities: the principality of Bulgaria, including northern Bulgaria and Sofia, and eastern Rumelia, or southern Bulgaria.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
Those for Bulgaria in the period 1881-1890 include Eastern Rumelia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Having failed to persuade Turkey to take military steps to bring Eastern Rumelia back under her rule, Russia now turned to Serbia.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
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