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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Balkan States

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

Altogether the Balkan States blamed the Allies and took a seven-league leap towards the German-Russian combine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turkey's alliance with Britain and France also bade fair to ease German pressure on the little Balkan States.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Balkan States must bury their mutual jealousies, temporarily at least, and form a temporary alliance with the object of defeating the Turks before it should be too late.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill