Balkans

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɔːl.kənz/

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish: balkan

In summary

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

Synonyms

Balkan Peninsula

Balkan Mountains

Balkan Mountain Range

Caucasian Albania

Balkan States

Albania

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Republic of Albania

Sentences

He undertook expeditions to the Provence , Turkey , the Balkans , and Norway .