Balkan
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Balkan
- /ˈbɒlkən/ UK
- /ˈbɔːlkən/ UK
- /ˈbɔlkən/ US
- /ˈbɑlkən/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒlkən, -ɔːlkən
Where it comes from
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.
adjective
- Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula. A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
- Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
- Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
proper noun
- The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
- A region of Turkmenistan.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: balkan country, balkan mountains, balkan nation, balkan state, carpathian, baltic, western, balkanic, south slavic, danubian, adriatic, aegean, illyrian, thracian, dinaric, pannonian
Translations
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adj of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
| Español | balcánico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 巴爾幹 /巴尔干 Bā'ěrgàn |
| हिन्दी | बाल्कन bālkan |
| Português | balcânico |
| Français | balkanique |
| Deutsch | balkanisch |
| Italiano | balcanico |
| Ελληνικά | βαλκανικός valkanikós |
| Română | balcanic |
| Русский | балка́нский balkánskij |
| العربية | بَلْقَانِي balqānī |
| עברית | בַּלְקָנִי balkani |
name Region of Turkmenistan
| Русский | Балка́нский велая́т Balkánskij velaját |
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Talk about this word "Balkan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/balkan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Balkan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/balkan "Balkan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/balkan.Cite this
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title = {Balkan},
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