Balkans

English

Balkan peninsula (as defined by the Danube-Sava-Kupa line)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɔːl.kənz/, /ˈbɒl.kənz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɑl.kənz/, /ˈbɔl.kənz/

Proper noun

Balkans

1. A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by the former Yugoslav countries, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and sometimes Romania.
   • 2002 — Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, p104

     As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.

Usage notes

Used with the definite article the.

Synonyms

• (geographical region): Balkan Peninsula

Derived terms

• Balkan
• Balkanize

Translations

geographical region in the southeast of Europe

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Ancient Greek: Χερσόνησος τοῦ Αἵμου (Khersonēsos tou Aimou) m
• Armenian: Բալկաններ (hy) (Balkanner)
• Asturian: Balcanes (ast) m
• Bulgarian: Балкани (bg) (Balkani) pl
• Catalan: Balcans (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾幹 (cmn), 巴尔干 (cmn) (Bā'ěrgàn), 巴爾幹半島 (cmn), 巴尔干半岛 (cmn) (Bā'ěrgàn bàndǎo)

• Danish: Balkanhalvøen (da)
• Esperanto: Balkanio (eo)
• Finnish: Balkan (fi)
• French: Balkans (fr) m
• German: Balkan (de) m

• Greek: Βαλκάνια (el) (Valkánia) n pl
• Hungarian: Balkán (hu)
• Japanese: バルカン半島 (ja) (Barukan hantō)
• Macedonian: Балкан (mk) (Bálkan) m
• Polish: Bałkany (pl)
• Portuguese: Balcãs (pt) m pl, Bálcãs (pt) m pl
• Romanian: Balcani (ro) m pl, Peninsula Balcanică (ro) f
• Russian: Балканы (ru) (Balkány) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Балкан (sh) m

  Roman: Balkan (sh) m

• Slovene: Balkán (sl) m
• Swedish: Balkan (sv)
• Turkish: Balkanlar (tr) pl