Balkan

[bawl-kuhn]

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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:
1825–35

Related forms

Bal·kan·ite, noun, adjective

trans-Bal·kan, adjective

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Balkan (ˈbɔːlkən)

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

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