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Section sizes Section size for Bulgaria (33 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 14,279 14,279 526 526 Etymology 1,898 1,898 119 119 History 44 58,875 0 2,577 Prehistory and Antiquity 16,761 16,761 399 399 First Bulgarian Empire 10,824 10,824 540 540 Second Bulgarian Empire 5,298 5,298 344 344 Ottoman rule 8,596 8,596 431 431 Third Bulgarian state 17,352 17,352 863 863 Geography 2,340 16,843 244 951 Climate 2,826 2,826 260 260 Biodiversity and conservation 11,677 11,677 447 447 Politics 29,994 53,088 946 1,699 Legal system 5,462 5,462 173 173 Administrative divisions 3,634 3,634 121 121 Foreign relations 10,056 10,056 321 321 Military 3,942 3,942 138 138 Economy 24,724 56,037 727 1,613 Structure and sectors 11,923 11,923 261 261 Science and technology 13,698 13,698 417 417 Infrastructure 5,692 5,692 208 208 Demographics 13,359 29,449 387 1,024 Largest cities 55 55 0 0 Health 4,090 4,090 130 130 Education 4,261 4,261 178 178 Language 1,092 1,092 59 59 Religion 6,592 6,592 270 270 Culture 17,473 23,277 721 1,050 Sports 5,804 5,804 329 329 See also 100 100 0 0 Explanatory notes 61 61 0 0 References 30 30 0 0 Bibliography 15,906 15,906 0 0 External links 2,050 2,050 0 0 Total 271,893 271,893 9,559 9,559

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Change "Bulgaria been influenced by its role" to "Bulgaria has been influenced by its role" just missing the word "has" Lugubriousness (talk) 23:37, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks for pointing it out. LizardJr8 (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why our lyrics heard for the Bulgarian national anthem when it's being played no other country gets lyrics to it's national anthem song when the music is played what makes Bulgaria so special 149.154.10.225 (talk) 16:06, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, all national anthems have lyrics, but they are not always sung. When the lyrics are sung depends on the situation. In the Netherlands for example, lyrics are often sung at King's Day, but not at the Remembrance of the Dead. This could be for practical reasons, but can also be because the lyrics sometimes don't fit the occasion. It depends on tradition, and it is possible that Bulgaria's anthem is more often sung than others, but it also depends on the event. Wikifan153 (talk) 07:40, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

it should of been clear that that's referring to the auto recording in the info box not just whenever they decide to play the Bulgarian anthem 149.154.10.235 (talk) 21:32, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is an ongoing RfC on adding a EU Member Infobox to this page: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_European_Union#RfC_on_EU_Member_Infobox LunaExplorer (talk) 08:01, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this paragraph seems wrong to me:

“Since the Bulgaria joining Moscow accords votes that were collected in the 2006 referendum in Sofia, 45% of Bulgarians supported Bulgaria to join Russia, the referendum was recognized on the Bulgarian side, while the results were pending on Russian side, since then, Bulgaria declared itself partly an oblast of Russia and the same time sovereign country.” ~2025-38644-48 (talk) 02:51, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One possibility of origin of term Bulgar, is that the name tribe is apparented with turkish "Bulucu" --> "Explorator, discoverer". "Bulgar" could be apparented also with Celtic Tribe names "Volques/Volcae" or with the Irish mythic tribe "Firm Bolg" with the same meaning. ~2025-40700-61 (talk) 21:48, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Името "българин" произлиза от думите "благ" и "градинар"."

"The name "Bulgarian" derives from the words "good" /gentle/gracious/kindly and "gardener"."

https://beinsa.bg/doc_txt_s.php?s_type=plus&id=1450&status=1&high=%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%20%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#result_123353 Hristo Hristoforov (talk) 12:08, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]