Bulgarian

//bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

    "Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A native of Bulgaria. countable

    "Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness."

  2. 2
    a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria wordnet
  3. 3
    The official language of Bulgaria. uncountable

    "The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian."

  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria wordnet
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis

    "Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian.

Etymology 2

From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian.

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