Белица

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ) +‎ -ица (-ica). [1][2]

Proper noun

Белица • (Belica)

  1. a river in Bulgaria
  2. a small town in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
  3. a village in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria
  4. a village in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
  5. a village in Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
  6. a village in Silistra Province, Bulgaria
  7. a village in Sofia Province, Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1963), “Южнославянските речни названия и тяхното значение за славянския топонимичен атлас”, in Славянска филология, том 111[1], Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, pages 192-204
  2. ^ Йордан Заимов (2012), “Белица”, in Български водопис: географско описание, строеж и произход на имената [Bulgarian hydrography: Geographical description, formation and origin of names] (in Bulgarian), volumes I: А— й, Veliko Tŭrnovo: Faber, page 98