Balkan

American  

[bawl-kuhn] / ˈbɔl kən /

adjective

1. pertaining to the Balkan States or their inhabitants.

2. pertaining to the Balkan Peninsula.

3. pertaining to the Balkan Mountains.

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noun

1. the Balkans. Balkan States.

Balkan British  

/ ˈbɔːlkən /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• Balkanite noun
• trans-Balkan adjective

Etymology

Origin of Balkan

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Yet the Balkan nation stand one win away from a place in the World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States after emerging triumphant in a seven-goal thriller against Slovakia in Bratislava.

From BBC

Over the past year, Iran has pre-positioned arms and ammunition for proxy cells in countries including Germany and Austria, as well as along migrant routes in the Balkans, several European and U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But even before the Balkan Five played a single second together, the strategy was already making waves across college basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal

One case began with a man named Daniel Hewitt, an independent recruiter who sent out a LinkedIn message saying clients based in London were exploring opportunities to finance data centers in the Balkans.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Funnily enough, last night I was watching a film about the Balkans war," he says.

From BBC