Balkan

[ bawl-kuhn ]

/ ˈbɔl kən /

adjective

pertaining to the Balkan States or their inhabitants.

pertaining to the Balkan Peninsula.

pertaining to the Balkan Mountains.

noun

the Balkans. Balkan States.

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Origin of Balkan

First recorded in 1825–35

OTHER WORDS FROM Balkan

Bal·kan·ite, noun, adjectivetrans-Balkan, adjective

Words nearby Balkan

Balinese cat, Baliol, balisage, balistraria, balk, Balkan, Balkan frame, balkanization, Balkanize, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Peninsula

Example sentences from the Web for Balkan

Another is rooted in atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 90s.
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Revisiting the Balkan wars may be a useful reminder about the limits of airpower.
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The New York Review of Books Classics recently rereleased The Balkan Trilogy and School for Love.
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The second reason stems from more recent history: the Balkan genocides of the 1990s.
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Knaus, meanwhile, is the founding Chairman of the European Stability Initiative and an expert on the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
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The Crimean War of 1854-5 had important consequences for the Balkan peoples.
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In the autumn of 1912 the Balkan States declared war on Turkey, and beat her very badly.
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The Balkan situation, therefore, brought Russia and Austria face to face in opposition to each other.
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This consideration also accounts for England's attitude during the Balkan confusion of 1912 and 1913.
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With this end in view he began intriguing, and as an intriguer, Ferdinand is the cleverest of all the Balkan monarchs.
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British Dictionary definitions for Balkan

Balkan

/ (ˈbɔːlkən) /

adjective

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

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