Balkan meaning in English — Balkan, Balkans

English meaning

Balkan adj Relating to the Balkan Peninsula, its mountains, or the countries and people of that region of southeastern Europe.
Balkans noun The peninsula and cultural region of southeastern Europe encompassing countries such as Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Greece.

Balkan is used for these senses in English:

Balkan Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
Balkan Peninsula A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.
Balkans A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. [19th c.]

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