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  • noun Plural form of Bulgarian.

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Examples

  • The group which moved into the Balkan Peninsula became known as the Bulgarians, mingling with the Sarmatians and adopting their particular Slavic language and customs.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Hungarians and Bulgarians is chiefly drawn from the Tactics of Leo, p. 796 — 801, and the Latin Annals, which are alleged by

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • 6 The unquestionable evidence of language attests the descent of the Bulgarians from the original stock of the Sclavonian, or more properly Slavonian, race; 7 and the kindred bands of Servians,

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Without doubt the Bulgarians are a separate nationality, but it is difficult to draw the line between the Bulgarians and the Serbian peoples, especially in Macedonia.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Of all the Balkan peoples the Bulgarians were the most completely crushed and effaced.

    The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906

  • But while half the population of Monastir is Mohammedan the so-called Bulgarians form the majority of the Christian population, though both Servians and Roumanians have conducted energetic propaganda.

    The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 Third Edition Jacob Gould Schurman 1898

  • The Bulgarians were amongst the first victims of "friendly fire" in the Iraqi theatre and having lost their military intelligence presence (which was suitably small & in any case reflected a curious loss by most coalition partners of key members intelligence staff ..... another decade's story perhaps) the Bulgarians were the first to scale down their presence, without leaving naturally.

    Indymedia Ireland 2009

  • Bozhidar Dimitrov, who called the Bulgarians and the Bulgarian archaeologists "fucking people" and Bulgaria's right-wing leader

    Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) 2010

  • "Bulgarians," Shafiq says, shaking his head in amusement.

    Bear Creek Ledger 2008

  • Segregation from Bulgarians, meaning usurpation of the Bulgarian history and "Macedonisation" of any historical retrospective and nurture of chauvinism towards Bulgarian ethnic and linguistic characteristic, regardless of the very great similarity among both national vernaculars.

    American Chronicle 2008

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