Bálcãs

See also: Balcãs

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Balcãs (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.kɐ̃s/ [ˈbaʊ̯.kɐ̃s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.kɐ̃s/ [ˈbaʊ̯.kɐ̃s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.kɐ̃ʃ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.kɐ̃ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.kɐ̃ʃ/ [ˈbaɫ.kɐ̃ʃ]

• Hyphenation: Bál‧cãs

Proper noun

Bálcãs m pl (plural only) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. the Balkans (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)

Derived terms

• balcânico
• balcanismo