I. -ēən noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Bulgaria + English -an
1. : one of the people of modern Bulgaria speaking a southern Slavic language and originally being Finno-Ugrians living along the Volga
2. : the language of the Bulgarians written in a modified Russian alphabet
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to Bulgaria, the Bulgarians, the language of the Bulgarians, or the Bulgarian Orthodox church autonomously governed by a synod with an exarch as head and now in full communion with all Eastern Orthodox churches