Bistritsa or Bistrica (Бистрица, from Bulgarian бистър and ultimately

Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium BC through the 6th ...

*-bystr, meaning "clear, lucid, limpid") may refer to: *three villages in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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Bistritsa, Blagoevgrad Province Bistritsa is a sparsely inhabited mountainous dispersed village in Blagoevgrad Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. The village consists of 42 neighborhoods. It is situated in Rila mountain 9 kilometers east of Blagoevgrad. The Bistrit ...

** Bistritsa, Kyustendil Province **

Bistritsa, Sofia Bistritsa () is a large village in the Pancharevo district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located at 15 km to the south of the city center. it has 5,315 inhabitants. Geography The village is situated at an altitude of 950 m on the ...

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FC Vitosha Bistritsa FC Vitosha () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Bistritsa, Sofia City Province, which competes in the Southwest Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. It is named after the Vitosha mountain range, where Bistritsa is ...

, an association football club ***

Stadion Bistritsa Stadion Bistritsa () is a multi-purpose stadium in Bistritsa, Sofia, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football clubs Vitosha Bistritsa, CSKA 1948 and formerly Septemvri Sofia. The stadium ...

, a football stadium *a high number of rivers: **

Pirinska Bistritsa The Pirinska Bistritsa or Mpístritsas (, ) is a river in south-western Bulgaria and northern Greece, a left tributary of the Struma. The river is 53 km long; the last 7 km before its confluence with the Struma forms the border between ...

Vitoshka Bistritsa Bistritsa or Vitoshka Bistritsa (), is a river in western Bulgaria, tributary of Iskar River. It flows from the eastern slopes of Golyam Rezen Peak on Vitosha Mountain, crossing Bistrishko Branishte Nature Reserve, where it forms a small but b ...

, running through Pancharevo **

Sandanska Bistritsa The Sandanska Bistritsa () is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Struma. The river is 33 km long and drains the south-western sections of the Pirin mountain range. The Sandanska Bistritsa takes its source from the so ...

, running through Sandanski in Blagoevgrad Province **the South Slavic name of the

Haliacmon The Haliacmon (, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliacmon: Maritsa (), Struma (Strymónas), bot ...

, river in Greece *

Tsarska Bistritsa Tsarska Bistritsa ("Tsar's Bistritsa"; ) is a former royal palace in southwestern Bulgaria, high in the Rila Mountains, just above the resort of Borovets and near the banks of the Bistritsa River. The hunting lodge was built between 1898 and 19 ...

, a former royal palace in Rila *several former villages in Bulgaria: **one formerly known as ''Tursko selo'' until 1878 and merged with Dolno selo,

Kyustendil Province Kyustendil Province () is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of (constituting 2.7% of the total territory of the Republic of Bulgaria), and with a population of 106 131. It borders the provinces of Sofia, Pernik, and ...

in 1959 **one merged with Razliv, Sofia Province in 1965 *an alternative name for the village of Bistrilitsa, Montana Province *

Bistritsa Grannies Bistritsa Babi (, ) are an elderly/multi-generational women's choir carrying on the traditional dances and polyphony, polyphonic singing of the Shopluk region of Bulgaria. Founded in 1939, the group won the European Folk Art Award in 1978, and it ...

* Bistritsa Monastery

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