Balkans
pronunciation
How to pronounce Balkans in British English:
UK ['bɔ:lkənz]
How to pronounce Balkans in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
- a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
- the Balkan countries collectively
Word Origin
- Balkans
- probably from Turkic balkan "mountain."
Example
- 1. The global economic crisis has hit the balkans hard .
- 2. An increasingly popular option is to go via the western balkans .
- 3. But as experience in the balkans has shown , the lure of eventual eu membership is a good way to foster liberal , market-based democracy and to defuse territorial and ethnic disputes .
- 4. The western balkans matter little economically .
- 5. But the most spectacular cases are still in the balkans .