Balcãs

See also: Bálcãs

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bawˈkɐ̃s/ [baʊ̯ˈkɐ̃s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bawˈkɐ̃s/ [baʊ̯ˈkɐ̃s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bawˈkɐ̃ʃ/ [baʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /balˈkɐ̃ʃ/ [baɫˈkɐ̃ʃ]

• Hyphenation: Bal‧cãs

Proper noun

Balcãs m pl (plural only)

1. European Portuguese standard form of Bálcãs: 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)