Balkans
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Balcans (dated)
Etymology edit
Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).[1] Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).
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Balkans
- A geographical region in southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. [19th c.]
- 2002, Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, page 104:
- As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.
- 2015, Anastas Vangeli, “On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans”, in Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, editors, An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, page 182:
- The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]
Usage notes edit
- Used with the definite article the and construed as a plural.
Synonyms edit
- (geographical region): Balkan Peninsula
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Translations edit
geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula
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Further reading edit
- Balkans on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “Balkans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Balkans
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