Balkan

[bawl-kuhn]

adjective

1. pertaining to the Balkan States or their inhabitants.

2. pertaining to the Balkan Peninsula.

3. pertaining to the Balkan Mountains.

noun

1. the Balkans. Balkan States.

Balkan

/ ˈbɔːlkən /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or relating to the Balkan States or their inhabitants, the Balkan Peninsula, or the Balkan Mountains

Other Word Forms

• Balkanite noun
• trans-Balkan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Balkan¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

For decades, experts believed that Homo sapiens reached Europe mainly by traveling through the Balkans and the Levant, moving from Africa into the Middle East.

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A boom in informal settlements across most of the Balkans during the 1990s, often built on flood-prone land, means disasters could "compound and cascade" as their frequency increases, the report stated.

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Doncic is so adamant that this variety of experiences contributed to his success that his newly formed Luka Doncic Foundation recently commissioned a study to examine basketball training methodologies in the U.S. and the Balkans.

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Both ministers had been attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the Western Balkans at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast.

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Both ministers had been attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the Western Balkans at Hillsborough Castle.

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