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Burgas

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Burgas , city (1993 pop. 198,439), SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the chief export port of Bulgaria and is an important commercial center. Food processing is the chief industry in Burgas, which also has engineering works and an oil refinery. The city was founded (18th cent.) on the site of a 14th-century fortified town.

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Burgas

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Burgas, Bulgaria Pyrgos Derived from the Turkic burgaz ‘fortress’, itself derived from the Greek pýrgos ‘castle’. There is a town in Turkey called Burgaz with the same meaning.

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Burgas

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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