Rumelia

American  

[roo-mee-lee-uh, -meel-yuh] / ruˈmi li ə, -ˈmil yə /

Or Roumelia

noun

1. a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.

2. Eastern, a former autonomous province within this division: later became S Bulgaria.

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Rumelia British  

/ ruːˈmiːlɪə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The City of Philipopolis, onetime capital of the ancient independent country of Rumelia, was laid utterly in ruins.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having failed to persuade Turkey to take military steps to bring Eastern Rumelia back under her rule, Russia now turned to Serbia.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

Some 750 tons of the sweetmeat known as ’Turkish delight’ are annually exported to the United Kingdom, America and Rumelia; embroideries, &c., are sold in fair quantities to tourists.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

Eastern Rumelia, where the Bulgarian population never ceased to protest against the division of the race, political life had developed on the same lines as in the principality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Bulgaria itself was carved into two separate entities: the principality of Bulgaria, including northern Bulgaria and Sofia, and eastern Rumelia, or southern Bulgaria.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.