Dobruja
A Balkan region divided between Bulgaria and Romania since the 19th century.
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Dobruja is a geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe divided between Bulgaria and Romania since the 19th century.[1] Winds occur on roughly 85% to 90% of days in Dobruja, predominantly from a northern or northeastern direction.[2] The mean wind speed in Dobruja is approximately double the national average for Bulgaria.[2]
Geography and history
Rivers in Dobruja are usually short and with low discharge due to limited precipitation and proximity to the sea.[2] Dobruja became part of the First Bulgarian Empire after the peace treaty of 681.[3] Brackish water is found in several shallow lakes situated along the coast of this region.[2] An early recorded instance of the name appears as Dobruja-éli in a 15th‑century Turkish narrative called the Oghuz-name.[4]
Evidence from sites at Babadag, Slava Rusă, and Enisala indicates human habitation in the area during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods.[5] In 657/656 BC, colonists from Miletus, a Greek city, established Histria, which was the initial colony founded in this territory.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dobruja", Collins English Dictionary (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Фол, "История на Добруджа (History of Dobruja)", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1984 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: I. Barnea, Şt.Ştefănescu, Bizantini, romani și bulgari la Dunărea de Jos, p. 28; Petar Mutafchiev, Добруджа. Сборник от Студии, Sofia,; Веселин Бешевлиев, "Формиране на старобългарската култура VI-XI век", София, 1977, стр. 97–103.; Petkanova, "Стара българска литература. Апокрифи", Български писател, 1981 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul Wittek, Yazijioghlu 'Ali on the Christian Turks of the Dobruja, p. 653; İnalcık, "Dobru<u>dj</u>a", E. J. Brill, 1998, p. 610 a; A. Ischirkoff, Les Bulgares en Dobroudja, p. 4; A. Ischirkoff, Les Bulgares en Dobroudja, pp. 5–7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A. Rădulescu, I. Bitoleanu, Istoria Dobrogei, p. 13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dobruja" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eusebios–Hieronymos, "Hieronymi Chronicon", 2005, p. 167 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Dobruja (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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