Balkan
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English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːlkən/, /ˈbɒlkən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɔlkən/, /ˈbɑlkən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːlkən
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).
Adjective
Balkan (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
- Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
- Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
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Etymology 2
Proper noun
Balkan (uncountable)
- A region of Turkmenistan.
Translations
Region of Turkmenistan
Finnish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Balkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Declension
| Inflection of Balkan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Balkan | — | |
| genitive | Balkanin | — | |
| partitive | Balkania | — | |
| illative | Balkaniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Balkan | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Balkan | — |
| gen. | Balkanin | ||
| genitive | Balkanin | — | |
| partitive | Balkania | — | |
| inessive | Balkanissa | — | |
| elative | Balkanista | — | |
| illative | Balkaniin | — | |
| adessive | Balkanilla | — | |
| ablative | Balkanilta | — | |
| allative | Balkanille | — | |
| essive | Balkanina | — | |
| translative | Balkaniksi | — | |
| abessive | Balkanitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Balkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Balkans)
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
Declension of Balkan
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Balkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Balkan
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bàlkān m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀лка̄н) (uncountable)
- the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Declension
Declension of Balkan
References
- “Balkan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Proper noun
Balkan n (genitive Balkans)
- Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)