Varna

Port in Bulgaria, on an inlet of the Black Sea; population (1991) 321,000. Industries include shipbuilding and the manufacture of chemicals.

Varna was a Greek colony in the 6th century BC and part of the Ottoman Empire 1391-1878; it was renamed Stalin 1949-56.

varna

Term meaning social category or class when referring to the caste system of India. The hierarchy of the caste system is entered by birth and permeates all of Indian life, religious and social, determining marriage, customs, and occupation. Discrimination against the untouchables, the fifth caste, or those thought of as being outside of the varna system, was declared unlawful by the Indian Commission in 1949.