Varna
a fortified town of Bulgaria (of which it is the chief port), on the Black Sea, and the capital of a district of the same name (area, 2,554 square miles; pop. about 350,000). It has a good harbor, and a large trade in grain.
It is the see of a Greek archbishop. It was taken by the Russians in 1828, but restored to Turkey a year later by the peace of Adrianople. The Crimean expedition sailed from Varna in 1854. It was bombarded by the Russian fleet in 1915. Pop. about 45,000.