Balkans
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Balkan_Peninsula.svg/250px-Balkan_Peninsula.svg.png)
Etymology
Of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "trk" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbɔːl.kənz/, /ˈbɒl.kənz/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.kənz/, /ˈbɔl.kənz/
Proper noun
Balkans
- A geographical region in southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.
- 2002 — Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, p.104:
- As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.
- 2015 — Anastas Vangeli, On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans, in: Nikolaos Papakostas and Nikolaos Pasamitros (editors), An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, p.182:
- The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]
- 2002 — Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, p.104:
Usage notes
- Used with the definite article the and construed as a plural.
Synonyms
- (geographical region): Balkan Peninsula
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Balkans