Balkan

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Turkish balkan (“a wooded mountain chain”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbɔːlkən/

Adjective [edit]

Balkan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
  2. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
  3. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula

Finnish [edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia fi

Proper noun [edit]

Balkan

  1. The Balkans.

Declension [edit]

Declension of Balkan (type risti)
singular plural
nominative Balkan –
genitive Balkanin –
partitive Balkania –
accusative Balkan
Balkanin		 –
inessive Balkanissa –
elative Balkanista –
illative Balkaniin –
adessive Balkanilla –
ablative Balkanilta –
allative Balkanille –
essive Balkanina –
translative Balkaniksi –
instructive – –
abessive Balkanitta –
comitative – –

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bǎlkaːn/
  • Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun [edit]

Bàlkān m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀лка̄н)

  1. (uncountable) the Balkan Peninsula; the Balkan region in southeastern Europe

Declension [edit]

    declension of Balkan
singular
nominative Bàlkān
genitive Balkána
dative Balkanu
accusative Balkan
vocative Balkane
locative Balkanu
instrumental Balkanom

Swedish [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

Balkan

  1. the Balkan Peninsula
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