Balkan Peninsula

English

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

Proper noun

Balkan Peninsula

1. A large peninsula in southeastern Europe surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.

   Synonym: Balkans

Translations

peninsula in southeastern Europe — see also Balkans

• Albanian: Gadishulli Ballkanik (sq)
• Arabic: شِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان f (šibh jazīra(t) al-balqān)

  Hijazi Arabic: شِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان f (šibh jazīra(t) al-balgān))

• Armenian: Բալկանյան թերակղզի (hy) (Balkanyan tʻerakġzi)
• Bulgarian: Балкански полуостров m (Balkanski poluostrov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾幹半島／巴尔干半岛 (zh) (Bā'ěrgàn Bàndǎo)

• Danish: Balkanhalvøen c (definite form. The indefinite form is not used.), Balkan
• Esperanto: Balkana duoninsulo
• Finnish: Balkanin niemimaa
• Georgian: ბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული (balḳanetis naxevarḳunʒuli)
• German: Balkanhalbinsel (de) f, Balkan (de) m
• Greek: Βαλκανική χερσόνησος f (Valkanikí chersónisos)
• Irish: An Leithinis Bhalcánach f, Leithinis na mBalcán f
• Italian: penisola balcanica f
• Kalmyk: Балкан тоха арл (Balkan toxa arl)
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• Kazakh: Балқан түбегі (Balqan tübegı)
• Lithuanian: Balkanų pusiasalis m
• Macedonian: Ба́лкански Полуо́стров m (Bálkanski Poluóstrov)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Balkan

  Nynorsk: Balkan

• Portuguese: Península Balcânica f
• Romanian: Peninsula Balcanică f
• Russian: Балка́нский полуо́стров (ru) m (Balkánskij poluóstrov)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Балкански полуоток m, Балканско полуострво n

  Latin: Balkanski poluotok m, Balkansko poluostrvo n

• Slovene: Balkánski pólotok m
• Spanish: Península balcánica f
• Swedish: Balkan (sv), Balkanhalvön (sv)
• Turkish: Balkan Yarımadası (tr)