Balkan War

[ bawl-kuhn wawr ]

noun
  1. Also called First Balkan War. a war (1912–13) in which Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed Turkey.

  2. Also called Second Balkan War. a war (1913) in which Greece, Romania, and Serbia opposed Bulgaria for the redivision of territory taken from Turkey in the First Balkan War.

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