Balkans

Cultural  

1. Major mountain range of the Balkan Peninsula, extending from the eastern portion of the former Yugoslavia through central Bulgaria to the Black Sea.

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Example Sentences

As a result, the South has remained our problem child for a century and a half, roughly as the Balkans are to the rest of Europe.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

If shopping in the Balkans worked for NBA teams, Underwood reasoned, why couldn’t he convince the next Jokic or Luka Doncic to come to Champaign?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

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 • Mar. 23, 2026

"Any military development in the Balkans just makes the whole region far less secure because everyone reads it as being aimed against them," says James Ker-Lindsay, an analyst specialising in the Balkans and international conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Although Hitler was at the height of his power, having conquered Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, the Balkans, the Netherlands, France, and parts of Russia, he remained worried about the United States.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple