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Bulgaria Pronunciation
Bulgaria is pronounced buhl-GE-ree-uh, IPA /bəlˈgɛriə/.
buhl-GE-ree-uh
US /bəlˈgɛriə/
Syllables: buhl · GE · ree · uh (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun (proper noun): A country in south-eastern Europe, on the western shore of the Black Sea.
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Bulgaria in a Sentence
- Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007.
- We spent a week in Bulgaria walking in the Rila mountains.
- Most of the world's rose oil comes from Bulgaria.
Common Mispronunciations of Bulgaria
Not buhl-GAH-ree-uh
Read the gar as the air of care, not as the ah of car. The country and the adjective Bulgarian both use that vowel.
Not BUHL-ge-ree-uh
Four syllables with the force on the second, GE. Starting loud is the habit of speakers whose own language stresses the first syllable of a name.
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