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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːl.kənz/ [UK], /ˈbɒl.kənz/ [UK], /ˈbɔl.kənz/ [US], /ˈbɑl.kənz/ [US]
Etymology: Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|trk|-}} Turkic, {{cog|tr|balkan||wooded mountain range}} Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Balkans
  1. A geographical region in southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. Categories (place): Peninsulas, Regions of Europe Synonyms: Balkan Peninsula [geographical-region, region, location], Balcans [dated] Derived forms: Balkan, Balkanism, Balkanize, Balkanization Related terms: Balkanic, Balkanian, Paleo-Balkan Translations (geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula): Balkan (Acehnese), Balkan (Afrikaans), Ballkan (Albanian), ባልካኖች (balkanoč) (Amharic), Χερσόνησος τοῦ Αἵμου (Khersónēsos toû Haímou) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), الْبَلْقَان (al-balqān) [feminine] (Arabic), البلقان [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), الْبَلْقَان f) (al-balgān) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), Բալկաններ (Balkanner) [plural] (Armenian), Balcanes [masculine] (Asturian), Balkanlar (Azerbaijani), Balkanak (Basque), Балка́ны (Balkány) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), বলকান (bolokan) (Bengali), Bálcãs [masculine, plural] (Brazilian Portuguese), Balkanioù (Breton), Балка́ни (Balkáni) [plural] (Bulgarian), Balcans [masculine, plural] (Catalan), بالکان (balkan) (Central Kurdish), 巴爾幹 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴尔干 (Bā'ěrgàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 巴爾幹半島 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴尔干半岛 (Bā'ěrgàn bàndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Balkán [masculine] (Czech), Balkan (Danish), Balkan (Dutch), Balkanio (Esperanto), Balkan (Estonian), Balcãs [masculine, plural] (European Portuguese), Balkan (Finnish), Balkans [masculine] (French), Balcáns [masculine, plural] (Galician), ბალკანეთი (balḳaneti) [plural] (Georgian), Balkan [masculine] (German), Βαλκάνια (Valkánia) [neuter, plural] (Greek), הבלקן (ha-balkan) [masculine] (Hebrew), बाल्कन (bālkan) (Hindi), Balkán (Hungarian), Balkan (Ido), Balkan (Indonesian), Balkanes (Interlingua), na Balcáin [masculine, plural] (Irish), Balcani [masculine, plural] (Italian), Balkans (Jamaican Creole), バルカン半島 (Barukan hantō) (alt: バルカンはんとう) (Japanese), Balkan (Javanese), Балқандар (Balqandar) [plural] (Kazakh), 발칸반도 (Balkanbando) (Korean), Balkanos (Ladino), Balkāni [masculine, plural] (Latvian), Balkanai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), Balcan (Lombard), Balkan [neuter] (Luxembourgish), Балкан (english: Balkan) [masculine] (Macedonian), Balkana (Malagasy), Balkan (Malay), ബാൾക്കൻ (bāḷkkaṉ) (Malayalam), बाल्कन (bālkan) (Marathi), بالکان (Mazanderani), Balkan (Norwegian Bokmål), Balkan (Norwegian Nynorsk), Balcans (Occitan), بالقان (Ottoman Turkish), بالکان (Pashto), بالکان (bâlkân) (Persian), Bałkany [nonvirile] (Polish), ਬਾਲਕਨ (bālkan) (Punjabi), Balcani [masculine, plural] (Romanian), Peninsula Balcanică [feminine] (Romanian), Балка́ны (Balkány) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Balcanos (Sardinian), Ба̀лка̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bàlkān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bałkany (Silesian), Balkán [masculine] (Slovak), Balkán [masculine] (Slovene), Balcanes [masculine, plural] (Spanish), Balkani (Swahili), Balkan (Swedish), బాల్కన్లు (bālkanlu) (Telugu), บอลข่าน (bɔn-kàan) (Thai), Balkanlar [plural] (Turkish), Балка́ни (Balkány) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), بَلْقان (balqān) [masculine] (Urdu), Balkan (Vietnamese), Balcanau (Welsh), بلقان (blqān) (Western Panjabi), Балкаан (Balkaan) (Yakut)
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Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈbalkaːns/ Audio: De-Balkans.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun form}} Balkans
  1. genitive singular of Balkan Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: Balkan
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Proper name [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun form}} Balkans
  1. genitive of Balkan Tags: form-of, genitive Form of: Balkan
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          "code": "ace",
          "lang": "Acehnese",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Ballkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "balkanoč",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "ባልካኖች"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "al-balqān",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "الْبَلْقَان"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "البلقان"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "al-balgān",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "الْبَلْقَان f)"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Balkanner",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Բալկաններ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balcanes"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanlar"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanak"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "Balkány",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Балка́ны"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bolokan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "বলকান"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanioù"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "Balkáni",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Балка́ни"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcans"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "巴爾幹"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Bā'ěrgàn",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "巴尔干"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "巴爾幹半島"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Bā'ěrgàn bàndǎo",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "巴尔干半岛"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balkán"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanio"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balkans"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcáns"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "balḳaneti",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "ბალკანეთი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Valkánia",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Βαλκάνια"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "Khersónēsos toû Haímou",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Χερσόνησος τοῦ Αἵμου"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ha-balkan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הבלקן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bālkan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "बाल्कन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkán"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanes"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "na Balcáin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcani"
        },
        {
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkans"
        },
        {
          "alt": "バルカンはんとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Barukan hantō",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "バルカン半島"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Balqandar",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Балқандар"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Balkanbando",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "발칸반도"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "balkan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بالکان"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkanos"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balkāni"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balkanai"
        },
        {
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balcan"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "english": "Balkan",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Балкан"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkana"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "bāḷkkaṉ",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "ബാൾക്കൻ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "bālkan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "बाल्कन"
        },
        {
          "code": "mzn",
          "lang": "Mazanderani",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بالکان"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balcans"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بالقان"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بالکان"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâlkân",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بالکان"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "nonvirile"
          ],
          "word": "Bałkany"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Bálcãs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "European Portuguese",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcãs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "bālkan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "ਬਾਲਕਨ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcani"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Peninsula Balcanică"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Balkány",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Балка́ны"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balcanos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ба̀лка̄н"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Bàlkān"
        },
        {
          "code": "szl",
          "lang": "Silesian",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Bałkany"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balkán"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Balkán"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balcanes"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkani"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "bālkanlu",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "బాల్కన్లు"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bɔn-kàan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "บอลข่าน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Balkanlar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Balkány",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Балка́ни"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "balqān",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَلْقان"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Balcanau"
        },
        {
          "code": "pnb",
          "lang": "Western Panjabi",
          "roman": "blqān",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "بلقان"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "Balkaan",
          "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
          "word": "Балкаан"
        }
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          "text": "As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.",
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          "text": "The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "ባልካኖች"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Բալկաններ"
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      "word": "Балка́ны"
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      "word": "বলকান"
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      "word": "Balcáns"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ბალკანეთი"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Βαλκάνια"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "הבלקן"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "बाल्कन"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "na Balcáin"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Balcani"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "バルカン半島"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "roman": "Balkanbando",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "발칸반도"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "بالکان"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Balkāni"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Балкан"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "ബാൾക്കൻ"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "बाल्कन"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkan"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balcans"
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "بالقان"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "بالکان"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bałkany"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bálcãs"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Balcãs"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "roman": "bālkan",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "ਬਾਲਕਨ"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Balcani"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "roman": "Balkány",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "Балка́ны"
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      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balcanos"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "Ба̀лка̄н"
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Balkán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Balkán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Balcanes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkani"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bālkanlu",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "బాల్కన్లు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɔn-kàan",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "บอลข่าน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Balkanlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Balkány",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Балка́ни"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "balqān",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلْقان"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balcanau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "roman": "blqān",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "بلقان"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Balkaan",
      "sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Балкаан"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balkans"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proper noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Balkans",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Bal‧kans"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German non-lemma forms",
        "German proper noun forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Balkan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive singular of Balkan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Balkan",
          "Balkan#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalkaːns/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Balkans.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/De-Balkans.ogg/De-Balkans.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/De-Balkans.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balkans"
}

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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "proper noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "Balkans",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish non-lemma forms",
        "Swedish proper noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Balkan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive of Balkan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Balkan",
          "Balkan#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balkans"
}

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