Balkans

(Engels)

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.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈbɔːl.kənz/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).

Balkans

Balkan

Βαλκάνια

Bałkany

بلقان

Balcans

Balkan

Półwysep Bałkański

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