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Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

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Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the Attested language, unattested, linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately ...

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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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Bistritsa, Blagoevgrad Province Bistritsa is a sparsely inhabited mountainous dispersed village in Blagoevgrad Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. The village consists of 42 neighborhoods. It is situated in Rila mountain 9 kilometers east of Blagoevgrad. The Bistri ...

Bistritsa, Kyustendil Province Bistritsa ( bg, Бистрица) is a village in Dupnitsa Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. ...

Bistritsa, Sofia Bistritsa ( bg, Бистрица, also transcribed as Bistritza or Bistrica) is a large village in the Pancharevo municipality, located at 15 km to the south of the capital Sofia. it has 5,118 inhabitants. Bistritsa is among the oldest villa ...

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FC Vitosha Bistritsa FC Vitosha ( bg, ФК Витоша) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Bistritsa, Sofia City Province, which competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. It is named after the Vitosha mountain range, where ...

, an association football club ***

Stadion Bistritsa Stadion Bistritsa ( bg, Стадион „Бистрица“, en, 'Bistritsa Stadium' ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Bistritsa, Sofia, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football clubs Vit ...

, a football stadium *a high number of rivers: **

Pirinska Bistritsa The Pirinska Bistritsa ( bg, Пиринска Бистрица) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Struma. The river is 53 km long; the last 7 km before its confluence with the Struma forms the border between ...

Vitoshka Bistritsa Bistritsa or Vitoshka Bistritsa ( bg, Бистрица; Витошка Бистрица; Бистришка река), is a river in western Bulgaria, tributary of Iskar River. It flows from the eastern slopes of Golyam Rezen Peak on Vitosha Mou ...

, running through Pancharevo **

Sandanska Bistritsa The Sandanska Bistritsa ( bg, Санданска Бистрица) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Struma. The river is 33 km long and drains the south-western sections of the Pirin mountain range. The Sandansk ...

, running through Sandanski in Blagoevgrad Province **the South Slavic name of the

Haliacmon The Haliacmon ( el, Αλιάκμονας, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliakmon, Maritsa ( el ...

, river in Greece *

Tsarska Bistritsa Tsarska Bistritsa ("Tsar's Bistritsa"; bg, Царска Бистрица) is a former royal palace in southwestern Bulgaria, high in the Rila Mountains, just above the resort of Borovets and near the banks of the Bistritsa River. Built between 18 ...

, a former royal palace in Rila *several former villages in Bulgaria: **one formerly known as ''Tursko selo'' until 1878 and merged with Dolno selo,

Kyustendil Province Kyustendil Province ( bg, Област Кюстендил, trl ''Oblast Kyustendil'') is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a populati ...

in 1959 **one merged with

Razliv Razliv railway station ''(russian: Ста́нция Разли́в)'' is a railway station located near to Lake Razliv which is in the territory of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built by the Joint-stock company of the Primorskaya St.-Peterburg ...

, Sofia Province in 1965 *an alternative name for the village of

Bistrilitsa Bistrilitsa is a village in Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the ...

, Montana Province * Bistritsa Grannies * Bistritsa Monastery

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