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PRONUNCIATION OF BALKAN PENINSULA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALKAN PENINSULA

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WHAT DOES BALKAN PENINSULA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Balkan Peninsula

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 Peninsula in the English dictionary

The definition of Balkan Peninsula in the dictionary is a large peninsula in SE Europe, between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALKAN PENINSULA

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALKAN PENINSULA

Alaska Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
Avalon Peninsula
Cape Peninsula
Delmarva Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
insula
Kola Peninsula
Kowloon Peninsula
Lizard Peninsula
Lleyn Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
Olympic Peninsula
peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
the Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Ursula
Yorke Peninsula

Synonyms and antonyms of Balkan Peninsula in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Balkan Peninsula» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALKAN PENINSULA

Find out the translation of Balkan Peninsula to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Balkan Peninsula 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 Peninsula» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴尔干半岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Península Balcánica
570 millions of speakers

English

Balkan Peninsula
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल्कन प्रायद्वीप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شبه جزيرة البلقان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Балканский полуостров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Península Balcânica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বলকান উপদ্বীপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péninsule des Balkans
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semenanjung Balkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Balkanhalbinsel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バルカン半島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발칸 반도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balkan Peninsula
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Balkan bán đảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பால்கன் தீபகற்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाल्कन द्वीपकल्प
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Balkan Yarımadası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Penisola Balcanica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Półwysep Bałkański
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Балканський півострів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Peninsula balcanică
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

βαλκανική Χερσόνησος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Balkan Skiereiland
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Balkanhalvön
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Balkanhalvøya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Balkan Peninsula

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKAN PENINSULA»

The term «Balkan Peninsula» is regularly used and occupies the 57.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKAN PENINSULA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALKAN PENINSULA»

Discover the use of Balkan Peninsula in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Balkan Peninsula and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Wars of the Balkan Peninsula: Their Medieval Origins
The Wars of the Balkan Peninsula argues that the current ethnic structure is the basis for the solution of the disputes between the Balkan states and that history should be used to explain, not to legitimize the conflicts.
Alexandru Madgearu, Martin Gordon, 2008
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The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ferdinand Schevill, 2013
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Balkan Biodiversity: Pattern and Process in the European Hotspot
Distinguished by a high level of heterogeneity and of mosaicism, and natural fragmentation due to mountain ranges, the Balkan Peninsula is particularly intriguing in this respect. The biogeographical uniqueness of the peninsula is ...
Huw I. Griffiths, Boris Kryštufek, Jane M. Reed, 2004
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The Balkan Peninsula
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Emile De Laveleye, 2010
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The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European ...
... Czech do Geruzalema Knieze Martina Bakalarze, 1573)— Textual Criticism 4452 Baker, James A. — Foreign Policy 4211 Baker, Randall — Journeys — Balkan Peninsula 478 Bakhtin, Mikhail— and Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4789, 4831 Bakhtin ...
Maria Gorecki Nowak, 1999
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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
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Regional Hydrological Impacts of Climatic Change: Impact ...
Climate change effect on river flow in basins under different climate conditions — an example from rivers on the Balkan Peninsula SNEJINA DAKOVA National Institute of Hydrology & Meteorology. BASc. 66 TzarigradskoShosse,1784 Sofia,  ...
Thorsten Wagener, 2005
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Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features
Chapter Two ETHNO-HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. The Balkan peninsula The Balkan peninsula derives its name from the Turkish word for the Slavic toponym Stara Planina – the mountain range in Northern Bulgaria, to the south of the ...
Olga Miseska Tomic, 2006
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Russia's Balkan Entanglements, 1806-1914
This book examines the reason for the Russian involvement in the Balkan peninsula.
Barbara Jelavich, 2004
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The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from ...
Chapter 11 The Eviction of the Tbrks from the Balkan Peninsula: A New Sense of Peril for Anatolia Turkish Military Defeats in the 1912 Balkan War The historical background of the Balkan War In terms of its origin and outcome, this war had a ...
Vahakn N. Dadrian, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALKAN PENINSULA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Balkan Peninsula is used in the context of the following news items.
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The effort to engineer regime change in Greece could lead to a …
... history, a certain amount of additional latitude has always been deemed by the Great Powers to be permissible in the Balkan Peninsula. «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
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Driving through the Balkans, ghosts along a rocky road
... Riviera, struggle through traffic jams near Venice and head south in more leisurely fashion, driving down the Balkan peninsula from Slovenia, ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
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Letters: London's airport future need not set business against the …
The capacity of the Balkan peninsula to become Europe's tinder box once again is all the more serious given the terrorist threats to the east and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Shared language, diverging genetic histories: high-resolution …
In summary, our results suggest that the considered Arbereshe groups, despite the shared origins in the Balkan Peninsula and the common ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Genetic and ecological data reveal species boundaries between …
Pleistocene glacial movements have acted as a strong selective pressure in some populations between the Balkan Peninsula and Southern ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Ancient coins, Stone Age flint tools, grave sites among …
... of the current village, and the finished products made there had been “shipped” throughout the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. «The Sofia Globe, Jun 15»
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Greek Tremors Prompt Balkans to Erect Defenses for Fallout
Greek banks have spread their influence across the Balkan peninsula as countries in the region embarked on the transition from communism ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
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7 Best Places to Visit in Serbia That Are Safe and Beautiful
Serbia is a small country in the Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe's most affordable destinations to visit. Serbia is quite a safe destination to visit, ... «Insider Monkey, Jun 15»
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Roma Reportedly Looking at Anderlecht's Aleksandar Mitrovic
... stained fingers across the Adriatic into the Balkan Peninsula, and even the furthest reaches of Eastern Europe, to unearth the next big thing. «Chiesa Di Totti, Jun 15»
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Stafford man among first Peace Corps volunteers in Kosovo
Brett Voeltz earned a degree in foreign dialects, but he'll teach his own language to people in the central Balkan Peninsula for the next two ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Balkan Peninsula [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/balkan-peninsula>. May 2024 ».
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