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Bulgar

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Bul·gar  (blgär, bl-)
n.
See Bulgarian.

[Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Greek Boulgaros, from Turkic bulghar, of mixed origin, promiscuous, from bulgamaq, to mix.]

Bulgar [ˈbʌlgɑː ˈbʊl-]
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a member of a group of non-Indo-European peoples that settled in SE Europe in the late 7th century ad and adopted the language and culture of their Slavonic subjects
2. (Social Science / Peoples) a rare name for a Bulgarian
Translations
Bulgar [ˈbʌlgəʳ] N (Hist) → búlgaro/a m/f


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