Balkans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.

/ˈbɔːl.kənz/ /ˈbɒl.kənz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Balkans.wav /ˈbɔl.kənz/ /ˈbɑl.kənz/

Balkans the Balkans Balcans

Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).

Balkan Peninsula

Balkanic Balkanian Paleo-Balkan

Balkan Balkanism Balkanize Balkanization

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