Balkans
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Balcans (dated)
EtymologyEdit
Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).[1] Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).
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Proper nounEdit
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, p.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 and Nikolaos Pasamitros (editors), An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, p.182:
- The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]
- 2002 — Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, p.104:
Usage notesEdit
- Used with the definite article the and construed as a plural.
SynonymsEdit
- (geographical region): Balkan Peninsula
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Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
geographical region in the southeast of Europe — See also translations at Balkan Peninsula
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Further readingEdit
- Balkans on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Balkans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Balkans
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Balkans