Original sentence: In Ottoman times the town was known as Yukarı Cuma in Turkish or Gorna Dzhumaya in Bulgarian (a partial translation of the Ottoman name).Many refugees from Greek and Vardar Macedonia arrived in the town in the subsequent decades.The name Blagoevgrad is a construct from Blagoev + the Slavic suffix -grad, "Blagoev's city".The name Gorna Dzhumaya (Горна Джумая; "Upper Dzhumaya") distinguished the town from Dolna Dzhumaya (Долна Джумая; "Lower Dzhumaya", "Cuma-i Zir" in Turkish) to the south.The second is called today Irakleia, and is in Greece
Edited sentence: Many refugees from Greek and Vardar Macedonia arrived in the town in the subsequent decades as the town, then known as Gorna Dzhumaya (a partial translation of the Ottoman name), continued to grow in size and importance.The name Blagoevgrad is a recent construct from Blagoev + the Slavic suffix -grad, "Blagoev's city".The name Gorna Dzhumaya ( Горна Джумая; "Upper Dzhumaya") distinguishes the town from Dolna Dzhumaya (Долна Джумая; "Lower Dzhumaya", "Cuma-i Zir" in Turkish) to the south, today called Irakleia and located in Serres regional unit, Macedonia, Greece