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Maritsa

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The Maritsa, Meriç or Evros (Марица, Marica; Ἕβρος, Hébros; Έβρος, Évros; Hebrus; Romanized Thracian: Evgos or Ebros; Meriç) is, with a length of, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. [1]

74 relations: Aegean Sea, Africa, Alcman, Alexandroupoli, Ancient Greek, Antarctica, Arda (Maritsa), Asia, İpsala, Balkan Mountains, Balkans, Battle of Maritsa, Bulgaria, Chepelare (river), Chirpan, Didymoteicho, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria, Ebro, Edirne, Enez, Ergene, Erythropotamos, European route E90, European Union, Freshet, Greece, Greek National Road 2, Harmanli, Hebrus Valles, Iberian Peninsula, Immigration, Italy, Kapitan Andreevo, Kastanies, Lavara, Livingston Island, Luda Yana, Maritsa motorway, Maritsa Peak, Mars, Mediterranean Sea, Modern Greek, National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), Ognyanovo, Pazardzhik Province, Ottoman Empire, Parvomay, Pazardzhik, Pierre Delanoë, Plovdiv, Pythio, ..., Rhodope Mountains, Rila, Romanization, Sadovo, Sazliyka, Septemvri, Serbs, Simeonovgrad, South Shetland Islands, Spain, Stamboliyski, Stryama, Svilengrad, Sylvie Vartan, Thrace, Thracian language, Topolnitsa River, Trakia motorway, Tundzha, Turkey, Uglješa Mrnjavčević, Vacha (river), Vardar, Vukašin of Serbia. Expand index (24 more) »

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Alcman

Alcman (Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl.  7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta.

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Alexandroupoli

Alexandroupoli (Αλεξανδρούπολη) or Alexandroupolis is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit in East Macedonia and Thrace.

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Arda (Maritsa)

The Arda is a long river in Bulgaria and Greece.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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İpsala

İpsala (Ancient greek: Cypsèle, Κυψέλη) is a town and district of Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey.

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Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range (Bulgarian and Стара планина, Latin Serbian Stara planina, "Old Mountain") is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

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Balkans

The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various and disputed definitions.

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Battle of Maritsa

The Battle of Maritsa, or Battle of Chernomen (Маричка битка, бој код Черномена, Битката при Марица, битката при Черномен, Çirmen Muharebesi, İkinci Meriç Muharebesi in tr. Second Battle of Maritsa) took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (today Ormenio in Greece) on September 26, 1371 between the forces of Ottoman commanders Lala Shahin Pasha and Evrenos and Serbian commanders King Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his brother Despot Jovan Uglješa who also wanted to get revenge after the First Battle of Maritsa.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Chepelare (river)

The Chepelare (Chepelarska reka, also called Chaya, Чая and Asenitsa, Асеница) is a river in Bulgaria that takes its source from Rozhen Peak (around 1,500 m above sea level) in the Rhodopes.

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Chirpan

Chirpan (Чирпан) is a town on the Tekirska River in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria.

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Didymoteicho

Didymóteicho (Διδυμότειχο) is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece.

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Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad (Димитровград) is a town in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria.

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Ebro

The Ebro in English (also in Spanish, Aragonese and Basque: 'Ebre') is one of the most important rivers on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Edirne

Edirne, historically known as Adrianople (Hadrianopolis in Latin or Adrianoupolis in Greek, founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement named Uskudama), is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in the region of East Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria.

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Enez

Enez is a town and a district of Edirne Province, in Thrace, Turkey.

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Ergene

Ergene (Ergene Nehri; Εργίνης, Eryinis) is a major left tributary of the Maritsa (Meriç) river, flowing entirely in the East Thrace region of Turkey.

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Erythropotamos

The Erythropotamos (Ερυθροπόταμος, meaning "red river") or Luda reka (Луда река, meaning "mad river") is a river in southern Bulgaria (Haskovo Province) and northeastern Greece (Evros regional unit).

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European route E90

European route E 90 is an A-Class West–East European route, extending from Lisbon in Portugal in the west to the Turkish–Iraqi border in the east.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Freshet

The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America.

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Greece

No description.

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Greek National Road 2

Greek National Road 2 (Εθνική Οδός 2, abbreviated as EO2) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections, located in the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.

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Harmanli

Harmanli (Харманли, Harmanlı) is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria.

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Hebrus Valles

Hebrus Valles is an ancient system of troughs and valleys in the Amenthes quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.2° north latitude and 233.4° west longitude.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Kapitan Andreevo

Kapitan Andreevo (Капитан Андреево) is a village in Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province, southern Bulgaria.

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Kastanies

Kastanies (Καστανιές, meaning "chestnuts", Kestanelik which means "chestnut" too) is a town located in northern part of the regional unit of Evros, Greece, and is part of the municipal unit of Vyssa.

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Lavara

Lavara (Λάβαρα) is a town located in the eastern part of Evros regional unit.

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Livingston Island

Livingston Island (Russian name Smolensk) is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands.

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Luda Yana

The Luda Yana (Луда Яна, "Crazy Yana") is a 74 km-long river in southern Bulgaria, a northern tributary of the Maritsa River.

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Maritsa motorway

The Maritsa motorway (Avtomagistrala "Maritsa"), designated A4, is a motorway in Bulgaria, part of the Pan-European Corridor IV, which connects Central Europe with Asia.

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Maritsa Peak

Maritsa Peak (Vrah Maritsa \'vr&h ma-'ri-tsa\) rises to 560 m in eastern Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Modern Greek

Modern Greek (Νέα Ελληνικά or Νεοελληνική Γλώσσα "Neo-Hellenic", historically and colloquially also known as Ρωμαίικα "Romaic" or "Roman", and Γραικικά "Greek") refers to the dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era.

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National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria)

The National Statistical Institute or NSI (Национален статистически институт or НСИ) is the Bulgarian state agency responsible for the collection and dissemination of statistical data on the population, economy and environment of the country.

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Ognyanovo, Pazardzhik Province

Ognyanovo (Огняново) is a village in Pazardzhik Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

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Parvomay

Parvomay (Първомай) is a town Parvomay and the name of the Municipality (Parvomay Municipality) in Southern Bulgaria.

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Pazardzhik

Pazardzhik (Пазарджик) is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, Southern Bulgaria.

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Pierre Delanoë

Pierre Delanoë (16 December 1918 – 27 December 2006), born Pierre Charles Marcel Napoleon Leroyer in Paris, France, was a French lyricist who wrote thousands of songs for dozens of singers such as Dalida, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Petula Clark, Johnny Hallyday, and Mireille Mathieu.

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Plovdiv

Plovdiv (Пловдив) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, with a city population of 341,000 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area.

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Pythio

Pythio (Greek: Πύθιο), sometimes referred to as Pythion, is a village and community in the eastern part of Didymoteicho municipality, Evros regional unit, Greece.

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Rhodope Mountains

The Rhodopes (Родопи, Rodopi; Ροδόπη, Rodopi; Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece.

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Rila

Rila (Рила) is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m. The massif is also the sixth highest mountain in Europe (when each mountain is represented by its highest peak only), coming after the Caucasus, the Alps, Sierra Nevada, the Pyrenees and Mount Etna, and the highest between the Alps and the Caucasus.

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Romanization

Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of writing from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so.

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Sadovo

Sadovo (Садово) is a small town in Sadovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria, and the administrative center of Plovdiv.

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Sazliyka

The Sazliyka (Сазлийка, pronounced; also transliterated Sazlijka or Sazliika) is a river in southeastern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Maritsa.

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Septemvri

Septemvri (Септември, lit. September) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of the Upper Thracian Lowland, away to the west from the city of Pazardzhik.

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Serbs

The Serbs (Срби / Srbi) are a South Slavic ethnic group that formed in the Balkans.

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Simeonovgrad

Simeonovgrad (Симеоновград, "town of Simeon") is a town in southern Bulgaria, located in Haskovo Province on both banks of the Maritsa River.

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South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Stamboliyski

Stamboliyski (Стамболийски) is a town in southern Bulgaria, located on the right bank of Maritsa river and is a part of Plovdiv Province.

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Stryama

The Stryama (Стряма, known in Antiquity as Syrmus) is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important left tributary of the Maritsa.

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Svilengrad

Svilengrad (Свиленград) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Turkey and Greece.

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Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; 15 August 1944) is a Bulgarian-French singer and actress.

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Thrace

Thrace (Modern Θράκη, Thráki; Тракия, Trakiya; Trakya) is a geographical and historical area in southeast Europe, now split between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south and the Black Sea to the east.

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Thracian language

The Thracian language was the Indo-European language spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians, the northern neighbors of the Ancient Greeks.

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Topolnitsa River

The Topolnitsa (Тополница) is a river in southern Bulgaria, an important left tributary of the Maritsa.

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Trakia motorway

The Trakia motorway (Avtomagistrala "Trakiya") or Thrace motorway, designated A1, is a motorway in Bulgaria.

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Tundzha

The Tundzha (Τόνζος) is a river in Bulgaria and Turkey and the most significant tributary of the Maritsa, emptying into it on Turkish territory near Edirne.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Uglješa Mrnjavčević

Uglješa Mrnjavčević (Угљеша Мрњавчевић; fl. 1346–1371), known as Jovan Uglješa (Јован Угљеша, Иван/Йоан Углеша) was a Serbian medieval nobleman of the Mrnjavčević family and one of the most prominent magnates of the Serbian Empire.

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Vacha (river)

The Vacha is a river in south Bulgaria, one of the main right tributaries of the Maritsa.

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Vardar

The Vardar (Вардар) or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece.

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Vukašin of Serbia

King Vukašin of Serbia, also known as Vukašin Mrnjavčević (Вукашин Мрњавчевић,; c. 1320 – 26 September 1371) was a Serbian king and co-ruler of Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V from 1365 to 1371.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritsa

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