Maritsa

English Alternative forms en Maritza obsolete Etymology Borrowed from en bg Марица. Pronunciation en /məˈɹiːt.sə/ /məˈɹiː.t͡sə/ Proper noun en A <<river>> in southeastern <<cont/Europe>> that flows through <<c/Bulgaria>> and down the border between <<c/Greece,Turkey>> before emptying into the Aegean Sea. en Evros <qq:from Greek> Meriç <qq:from Turkish> en Joanna Kakissis Migrants Again Try To Leave Turkey For Europe, But This Time The Gate Is Closed NPR https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811129916/migrants-again-try-to-leave-turkey-for-europe-but-this-time-the-gate-is-closed March 11, 2025 Morning Edition article March 2, 2020 Migrants gather at Maritsa river (Evros river in Greek) in Edirne, Turkey, Monday at the Turkish-Greek border as Greek soldiers are seen on the Greek side. https://web.archive.org/web/20260821201115/https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811129916/migrants-again-try-to-leave-turkey-for-europe-but-this-time-the-gate-is-closed 21 August 2026 en 1915 Nevill Forbes;Arnold J. Toynbee;D. Mitrany;D.G. Hogarth The Balkans: a history of Bulgeria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Turkey section "Greece", chapter 3 https://archive.org/details/balkanshistoryof00forbuoft/page/224/mode/2up 225 The eastern section, conveniently known as Thrace, consisted of the lower basin of the Maritsa.