Balkans

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Balkan peninsula (as defined by the Danube-Sava-Kupa line)
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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈbɔːl.kənz/, /ˈbɒl.kənz/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈbɑl.kənz/, /ˈbɔl.kənz/

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Singular
Balkans

Plural
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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.

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