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Bulgarian
Etymology
Generalized from French Bastille, the name of a Parisian castle-prison whose storming started the French Revolution in 1789.
Pronunciation
Noun
басти́лия • (bastílija) f
- (historical) bastille (heavily guarded prison or fortress)
Declension
References
- “бастилия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “бастилия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010