Balkan
Americanadjective
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pertaining to the Balkan States or their inhabitants.
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pertaining to the Balkan Peninsula.
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pertaining to the Balkan Mountains.
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Balkan
First recorded in 1825–35
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The upheaval offers Serbia, a Balkan nation of some 6.5 million long pulled between the EU and Russia, a chance to rebuild its democratic institutions and revive its stalled ambitions to join the EU.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
More than 1.5 million people have left the Balkan nation since the fall of Communism in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
To the east, the Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the partially visible Balkan Peninsula.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s heir to the Nuremberg tribunals and special courts established to prosecute crimes from the Balkan wars, the Rwandan genocide and other conflicts of the 20th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
They had greatly expanded their territory and population during the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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