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Meaning of "Balkan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BALKAN

Balkan  [ˈbɔːlkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALKAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Balkan is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BALKAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Balkan

Balkans

The Balkan Peninsula, popularly referred to as the Balkans, is a geographical region of Southeast Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch from the east of Bulgaria to the very east of Serbia. The region is predominantly inhabited by Bulgarians, Croats, Bosniaks, Gorani, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, Slovenes, Romanians, Aromanians, Greeks, Albanians, Turks and other ethnic groups which present minorities in certain countries like the Romani and Ashkali. The largest religion on the Balkans is Orthodox Christianity, followed by Catholic Christianity and Islam. The total area of the Balkans is 257,400 square miles and the population is 59,297,000. The Balkans meet the Adriatic Sea on the northwest, Ionian Sea on the southwest, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on the south and southeast, and the Black Sea on the east and northeast. The highest point of the Balkans is mount Musala 2,925 metres on the Rila mountain range in Bulgaria. The Balkans have been inhabited since the Paleolithic and are the route by which farming from the Middle East spread to Europe during the Neolithic.

Definition of Balkan in the English dictionary

The definition of Balkan in the dictionary is of, denoting, or relating to the Balkan States or their inhabitants, the Balkan Peninsula, or the Balkan Mountains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALKAN


African
ˈæfrɪkən
American
əˈmɛrɪkən
bacon
ˈbeɪkən
Balcon
ˈbɔːlkən
broken
ˈbrəʊkən
Dominican
dəˈmɪnɪkən
drucken
ˈdrʌkən
falcon
ˈfɔːlkən
gerfalcon
ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən
gyrfalcon
ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən
hurricane
ˈhʌrɪkən
Lincoln
ˈlɪŋkən
Mexican
ˈmɛksɪkən
milken
ˈmɪlkən
silicon
ˈsɪlɪkən
silken
ˈsɪlkən
spoken
ˈspəʊkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
Vatican
ˈvætɪkən
Vulcan
ˈvʌlkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALKAN

Balkan Mountains
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan States
Balkanisation
Balkanise
Balkanised
Balkanization
Balkanize
Balkanized
Balkans
balker
Balkh
Balkhash
balkier
balkiest
balkily
balkiness
balkingly
Balkis

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALKAN

Abakan
achkan
Akan
Alaskan
Arawakan
Athabaskan
Athapaskan
barkan
Durkan
ikan
Kamchatkan
Leninakan
Millikan
Nebraskan
pekan
ryokan
Sandakan
Shotokan
Sri Lankan
Tanganyikan

Synonyms and antonyms of Balkan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Balkan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALKAN

Find out the translation of Balkan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Balkan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Balkan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴尔干半岛的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

balcánico
570 millions of speakers

English

Balkan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल्कन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَلْقَانيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

балканский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

balcânico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বলকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balkanique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Balkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Balkan-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バルカン諸国の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발칸 여러 나라의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balkan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc Bán đảo Balkan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பால்கன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाल्कन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Balkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

balcanico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bałkański
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

балканський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

balcanic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαλκανικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Balkan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Balkan-
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

balkansk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Balkan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKAN»

The term «Balkan» is very widely used and occupies the 17.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Balkan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Balkan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Balkan

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2 QUOTES WITH «BALKAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Balkan.
1
Pat Buchanan
If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.
2
Ahmet Davutoglu
Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALKAN»

Discover the use of Balkan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Balkan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
This new edition of Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between l996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo ...
Robert D. Kaplan, 2014
2
Balkan Fascination : Creating an Alternative Music Culture ...
In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no family or ethnic connection.
Minneapolis Mirjana Lausevic Professor of Ethnomusicology University of Minnesota, 2006
3
Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the ...
Details the history of the three major waves of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Balkan peninsula and Yugoslavia during the twentieth century.
Paul Mojzes, 2011
4
Balkan Biodiversity: Pattern and Process in the European Hotspot
This volume unites a diverse group of international researchers for the first time.
Huw I. Griffiths, Boris Kryštufek, Jane M. Reed, 2004
5
Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War
In this book, Susan Woodward explains what happened to Yugoslavia and what can be learned from the response of outsiders to its crisis.
Susan L. Woodward, 1995
6
Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States
Vjekoslav Perica emphatically rejects the notion that a "clash of civilizations" has played a central role in fomenting aggression. He finds no compelling evidence of an upsurge in religious fervor among the general population.
Vjekoslav Perica, 2002
7
Balkan Holocausts?: Serbian and Croatian Victim Centered ...
Balkan Holocausts? compares and contrasts Serbian and Croatian propaganda from 1986 to 1999, analyzing each group's contemporary interpretations of history and current events.
David Bruce Macdonald, 2002
8
Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria
Through the pages of this book we visit the places where tobacco is grown and meet the merchants, the workers, and the peasant growers, most of whom are Muslim by the postwar period.
Mary C. Neuburger, 2012
9
Balkan Economic History, 1550-1950: From Imperial ...
The authors of this pioneering work study a part of Europe neglected by both approaches.
John R. Lampe, Marvin R. Jackson, 1982
10
Balkan Blues: Writing Out of Yugoslavia
Essays, stories and a play set in Yugoslavia. The title piece, written by Dubravka Ugresic, is a satire on murderous folklore, while Bogdan Bogdanovic's The City of Death is on Belgrade.
Joanna Labon, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALKAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Balkan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Grexit Could Destabilize Balkan Region – Belgian Foreign Minister
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Greece's possible exit from the Eurozone could threaten to destabilize the whole Balkan region, Belgian Foreign ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
2
Greek crisis raises fears in neighbouring countries
That's expected to put further pressure on the European Union as several Balkan countries are already EU member states while others seeking ... «Vatican Radio, Jul 15»
3
Merkel: Western Balkan States Have Good Prospects to Join EU
She said it was only through their prospects for EU membership that the western Balkan neighbours could settle their differences, according to ... «Novinite.com, Jul 15»
4
Migrants face death and robbery on Balkan route
Four men with no names are buried on an overgrown hillside in a remote corner of southeastern Europe. They are far from home, separated ... «The Times, Jul 15»
5
Merkel positive about EU prospects of west Balkan
Merkel is scheduled to make a two-day visit to the west Balkan countries on Wednesday and Thursday. She was expected to address the ... «Europe Online Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Three gold medals for Romania at the Balkan Geography Olympiad …
Romanian students won four medals, three of which gold, at the Balkan Geography Olympiad organized in Belgrade, Serbia, in late-June. «Romania-Insider.com, Jul 15»
7
Migrants join a growing queue at 'Balkan back door'
The older man looked more like a traditional Balkan mobster, with a thick gold necklace, Adidas tracksuit and sunglasses balanced on his ... «The Times, Jul 15»
8
The euro, the crisis and Greece's Balkan neighbours
While Greece is currently debating its future with the euro and in the Eurozone, its northern neighbours may be facing a series of unpredictable ... «TradingFloor.com, Jul 15»
9
The Balkan conflict replayed
Is the war in the Donbass a continuation of the Balkan conflict? Croat fighters there have told the Croatian press they dream of being deployed ... «Le Monde Diplomatique, Jul 15»
10
Austria "bad bank" Heta says Balkan sale on track
VIENNA, July 1 (Reuters) - Austrian "bad bank" Heta Asset Resolution is on track sell its Balkan network to U.S. private equity firm Advent and ... «London South East, Jul 15»

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