Balkanization

See also: balkanization

English

Alternative forms

• balkanization
• Balkanisation

Etymology

Balkan +‎ -ization. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

Balkanization (countable and uncountable, plural Balkanizations)

1. (historical, chiefly political science) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
2. (informal) Any disintegration process, such as that of the Internet being divided into separate enclaves.

Translations

fragmentation of a region into several small states

• Arabic: بَلْقَنَة f (balqana)
• Belarusian: балканіза́цыя f (balkanizácyja)
• Bulgarian: балканиза́ция f (balkanizácija)
• Catalan: balcanització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾幹化／巴尔干化 (bā'ěrgānhuà), 巴尔干化 (Bā'ěrgànhuà)

• Czech: balkanizace f
• Finnish: balkanisaatio
• French: balkanisation (fr) f
• Georgian: ბალკანიზაცია (balḳanizacia)
• German: Balkanisierung (de) f
• Greek: βαλκανοποίηση (el) f (valkanopoíisi)
• Hungarian: balkanizáció
• Indonesian: balkanisasi
• Italian: balcanizzazione (it)
• Japanese: バルカニゼーション (barukanizēshon), バルカン化 (barukan-ka)
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• Korean: 발칸화 (balkanhwa)
• Macedonian: балканизација f (balkanizacija)
• Norwegian: balkanisering
• Polish: bałkanizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: balcanização f
• Romanian: balcanizare
• Russian: балканиза́ция (ru) f (balkanizácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: балканизација f

  Roman: balkanizacija (sh) f

• Slovak: balkanizácia f
• Slovene: balkanizacija f
• Spanish: balcanización (es) f
• Swedish: balkanisering (sv)
• Ukrainian: балканіза́ція f (balkanizácija)

any disintegration process

• Catalan: balcanització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴爾幹化／巴尔干化 (bā'ěrgānhuà), 巴尔干化 (Bā'ěrgànhuà)

• Finnish: balkanisaatio
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• Georgian: ბალკანიზაცია (balḳanizacia)
• German: Zerfall (de) m
• Russian: балканиза́ция (ru) f (balkanizácija)
• Spanish: balcanización (es) f

Further reading

• Balkanization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Balkan Wars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yugoslav wars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia