BULGARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bulgarian mean? 

• BULGARIAN (noun)
  The noun BULGARIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria

2. a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria

  Familiarity information: BULGARIAN used as a noun is rare.

• BULGARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective BULGARIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people

  Familiarity information: BULGARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULGARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Bulgaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Bulgarian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Bulgarian" is a member of...):

Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)

Derivation:

Bulgarian (of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Bulgarian" is a kind of...):

Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

Derivation:

Bulgarian (of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people)

• BULGARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Bulgarian capital is Sofia

Pertainym:

Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)

Derivation:

Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)

Bulgarian (a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria)

Bulgarian (a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria)