Bulgaria gets its name from the Bulgar people, who migrated from Central Asia to Eastern Europe in the 7th century. They established Old Great Bulgaria (roughly where Ukraine is today) and later, some of them settled on the Balkans and mixed with the local Slavic and Thracian populations. They fought with and gained independence from the Byzantine Empire, to form the First Bulgarian Kingdom in 681 (the official "birth" of what is today Bulgaria).
The name comes from one of the tribes who originally came from Asia. its people were called Bulgari who formed the Bulgarian nation along with other tribes such a Slavic and Thracians
Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgaria is named after a tribe called the Bulgars.
Pls. specify: Is Replena a name of village in Bulgaria?
no nick name. Only one name Bulgaria since 681 AD
Thrace (Thracia in lat. and in Bulgarian Trakia) was never an old name of Bulgaria (after Bulgaria was extablished first in 681 AD by Haan Asparukh). Well Mizia, the Rodhopes, The Trakia were parts of greater Bulgaria but never was an ALTERNATE name
no nick name
The word Bulgaria (България) came from the word Pre-Bulgarian (Прабългари)
Lev, BGN
No
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria's birth name is Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Kohry.
Under the name Bulgaria - in the 7th century.
Italy Are you kidding me? What used to be Thrace is now Greece, Bulgaria (primarily Bulgaria, and Turkey.