Balkan en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɒlkən/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɔːlkən/ (UK)
- /ˈbɔlkən/ (US)
- /ˈbɑlkən/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN:
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
Deriveds
Balkan Egyptian · Paleo-Balkan · Balkanic · Balkaner · Balkan green lizard · Balkan heath · Balkanian · Balkan pine · Balkanization · Balkan endemic nephropathy
Synonyms
Translations (40)
mk балкански (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · fi balkanilainen (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · uk балка́нський (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · cmn 巴爾幹 /巴尔干 (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · el βαλκανικός (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · fr balkanique (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · de balkanisch (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sq ballkanas (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ga Balcánach (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · he בַּלְקָנִי (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ca balcànic (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · fi Balkanin (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · pt balcânico (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · lt balkanai (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sh ба̀лка̄нскӣ (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sl balkánski (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · bn বলকানী (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ro balcanic (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ur بَلْقانی (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · cy Balcanaidd (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · hi बाल्कन (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · be балка́нскі (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · cs balkánský (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sh bàlkānskī (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · hu balkán (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · nb balkansk (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · tr Balkan (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · bg балка́нски (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · it balcanico (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sq ballkanik (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ru балка́нский (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · nl Balkanees (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · eo balkana (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · ar بَلْقَانِي (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · da Balkan (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · es balcánico (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · sk balkánsky (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · acw بَلْقاني (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · pl bałkański (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) · nn balkansk (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)