Bistritsa

Bistritsa or Bistrica (Бистрица, from Bulgarian бистър and ultimately Proto-Slavic *-bystr, meaning "clear, lucid, limpid") may refer to:

• three villages in Bulgaria:
  • Bistritsa, Blagoevgrad Province
  • Bistritsa, Kyustendil Province
  • Bistritsa, Sofia
• a high number of rivers:
  • the South Slavic name of the Haliacmon river in Greece
  • Vitoshka Bistritsa running through Pancharevo
  • Sandanska Bistritsa running through Sandanski in Blagoevgrad Province
  • Pirinska Bistritsa
  • Blagoevgradska Bistritsa
  • Chepinska Bistritsa
  • Sovolyanska Bistritsa
  • Bistritsa River (Rhodope Mountains)
  • Dupnishka Bistritsa
  • Prizrenska Bistritsa, a river in Kosovo
• Tsarska Bistritsa, 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 in 1959
  • one merged with Razliv, Sofia Province in 1965
• an alternative name for the village of Bistrilitsa, Montana Province

See also

• Bistrica for the Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Slovenian variant
• Bistritz for the German variant
• Bistriţa (disambiguation) for the Romanian variant
• Bystrica for the Slovak variant
• Bystrzyca for the Polish variant
• Feistritz (Germanised word)