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"),[31] (2) possible PIE etymology: PIE root we-r- (water); cognate: Varuna (3) possible Iranian etymology: var ("camp", "fortress") (2) Varanasi?
(3) Varosha, Hungarian Vár?