Etymological list of provinces of Bulgaria

This is a list of the origins of the names of provinces of Bulgaria.

(1) Proto-Slavic, or

(2) Proto-Indo-European (PIE), or

(3) Iranian

(4) Varangians

(1) possible Proto-Slavic etymology: varn ("black"), non-metathesized group CorC, later vran; or from Bulgarian var ("lime"),

(2) possible PIE etymology: PIE root we-r- (water); cognate: Varuna

(3) possible Iranian etymology: var ("camp", "fortress")

(2) Varanasi? (3) , Hungarian Vár?

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