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 FC Vitosha Bistritsa, an association football club Stadion Bistritsa, a football stadium a high number of rivers: Pirinska Bistritsa Vitoshka Bistritsa, running through Pancharevo Sandanska Bistritsa, running through Sandanski in Blagoevgrad Province the South Slavic name of the Haliacmon, river in Greece 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 Bistritsa Grannies Bistritsa Monastery See also Bistrica (disambiguation) for the Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian variant Bistritz (disambiguation) for the German variant Bistrița (disambiguation) for the Romanian variant Bystrica (disambiguation) for the Slovak variant Bystrzyca (disambiguation) for the Polish variant Feistritz (disambiguation) (Germanised word)