Balkan States

American  

plural noun

1. the countries in the Balkan Peninsula: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and the European part of Turkey.

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Balkan States British  

plural noun

1. Also called: the Balkans.  the countries of the Balkan Peninsula: the former Yugoslavian Republics, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and the European part of Turkey

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Example Sentences

There, the Italian diaspora has been slowly replaced with immigration from the Balkan States and Latin America, which is actually helping to preserve Italian culture in the neighborhood.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

Two Balkan States, Hungary and Rumania, are already largely under Germany's thumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

"When the victorious Balkan States wanted to divide Bulgaria among themselves at the Neuilly Peace Conference it was the United States who protested and saved Bulgaria."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Balkan States have long been selling their small exportable food surplus to Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

In presence of a common danger—the Teuton working through the Turk—the Balkan States put aside their own particular rivalries and formed a Union.

From Serbia: A Sketch by Reed, Helen Leah