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Balkan.

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbɒlkən/UK/ˈbɔːlkən/UK/ˈbɔlkən/US/ˈbɑlkən/cot-caught-merger
  1. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

    not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.

    not-comparable
  3. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.

name/ˈbɒlkən/UK/ˈbɔːlkən/UK/ˈbɔlkən/US/ˈbɑlkən/cot-caught-merger
  1. The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)

    rare
  2. A region of Turkmenistan.

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.

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