Roumelia [roo-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh] Examples noun
Rumelia or Rou·me·li·a [roo-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh] noun
- a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- Eastern, a former autonomous province within this division: later became S Bulgaria.
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Eastern Roumelia was united to Bulgaria proper by a bold and well-timed stroke.
Frank Fox
Then it marched by the coast-line through what is now Roumelia and Thessaly.
John Richard Hale
Meanwhile what had become of the Turkish population of the Balkans and Roumelia?
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15)
Charles Morris
The Pacha of Roumelia, the best officer of the Mussulmans, lost his life also.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13
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Considerably further south were the glaciers of the Despoto Dagh of Roumelia.
James Geikie
British Dictionary definitions for roumelia Roumelia noun
- a variant spelling of Rumelia
Rumelia noun
- history the possessions of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan peninsula: including Macedonia, Albania, Thrace, and an autonomous province (Eastern Rumelia) ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria
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