"Balcans" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Catalan]

IPA: [bəlˈkans] [Balearic, Central], [balˈkans] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-Balcans.wav Forms: els Balcans [canonical, masculine, plural]
Head templates: {{ca-proper noun|m-p|head=els Balcans}} els Balcans m pl (plural only)
  1. the 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) Tags: plural, plural-only Derived forms: balcànic, balcanitzar (english: Balkanize) Related terms: península Balcànica
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      ]
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          "name": "Peninsulas",
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        },
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          "english": "Balkanize",
          "translation": "Balkanize",
          "word": "balcanitzar"
        }
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        "the 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)"
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "peninsula"
        ],
        [
          "Southeast Europe",
          "Southeast Europe#English"
        ],
        [
          "Albania",
          "Albania"
        ],
        [
          "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
          "Bosnia and Herzegovina"
        ],
        [
          "Bulgaria",
          "Bulgaria"
        ],
        [
          "Croatia",
          "Croatia"
        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece"
        ],
        [
          "Kosovo",
          "Kosovo"
        ],
        [
          "North Macedonia",
          "North Macedonia"
        ],
        [
          "Montenegro",
          "Montenegro"
        ],
        [
          "Serbia",
          "Serbia"
        ],
        [
          "Romania",
          "Romania"
        ],
        [
          "Slovenia",
          "Slovenia"
        ],
        [
          "Turkey",
          "Turkey"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "península Balcànica"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[balˈkans]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "english": "Balkanize",
      "translation": "Balkanize",
      "word": "balcanitzar"
    }
  ],
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      ]
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    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "ca:Geographic and cultural areas of Europe",
        "ca:Peninsulas"
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "Southeast Europe#English"
        ],
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          "Albania",
          "Albania"
        ],
        [
          "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
          "Bosnia and Herzegovina"
        ],
        [
          "Bulgaria",
          "Bulgaria"
        ],
        [
          "Croatia",
          "Croatia"
        ],
        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece"
        ],
        [
          "Kosovo",
          "Kosovo"
        ],
        [
          "North Macedonia",
          "North Macedonia"
        ],
        [
          "Montenegro",
          "Montenegro"
        ],
        [
          "Serbia",
          "Serbia"
        ],
        [
          "Romania",
          "Romania"
        ],
        [
          "Slovenia",
          "Slovenia"
        ],
        [
          "Turkey",
          "Turkey"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[balˈkans]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
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