Balkan.
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
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.
The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
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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