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Ru•me•li•a
Pronunciation: (rOO-mē'lē-u, -mēl'yu), [key]—
n.
1. a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
2. Eastern, a former autonomous province within this division: later became S Bulgaria.
Also,Roumelia.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.