<page_title> List of Bulgaria province name etymologies </page_title> <table> <cell> Varna Province <col_header> County name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Named after the city of Varna, (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") <col_header> Meaning </col_header> </cell> </table>
Varna or Varuna from the Proto-Slavic root varn ("black") or from the Iranian var ("camp, fortress") is in the Etymological list of provinces of Bulgaria.