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"2": "balkan",
"3": "",
"4": "wooded mountain range"
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"ref": "2002, Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, page 104",
"text": "As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Anastas Vangeli, “On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans”, in Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, editors, An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, page 182",
"text": "The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]",
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"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."
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"Albania",
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"Bosnia and Herzegovina",
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"Bulgaria",
"Bulgaria"
],
[
"Croatia",
"Croatia"
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[
"Greece",
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[
"Kosovo",
"Kosovo"
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"North Macedonia",
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[
"Montenegro",
"Montenegro"
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[
"Serbia",
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"Romania",
"Romania"
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[
"Slovenia",
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"Turkey",
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"word": "Balkanic"
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{
"word": "Balkanian"
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{
"word": "Paleo-Balkan"
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"topics": [
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],
"word": "Balkan Peninsula"
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "Balcans"
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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": [
"feminine"
],
"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",
"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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"tags": [
"UK"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈbɒl.kənz/",
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"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔl.kənz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɑl.kənz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "Balkans"
}
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"ref": "2015, Anastas Vangeli, “On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans”, in Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, editors, An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability, Stuttgart, page 182",
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],
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[
"Slovenia",
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},
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔl.kənz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɑl.kənz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
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"word": "Balkan Peninsula"
},
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"tags": [
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],
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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": "Ballkan"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "balkanoč",
"sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
"word": "ባልካኖች"
},
{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "الْبَلْقَان"
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},
{
"code": "acw",
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],
"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",
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"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"
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{
"code": "eu",
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},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "geographical region in the southeast of Europe — see also Balkan Peninsula",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Балка́ны"
},
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"code": "bn",
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"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",
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"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",
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],
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},
{
"code": "da",
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"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"
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{
"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": [
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],
"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": [
"feminine"
],
"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",
"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"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "proper noun form"
},
"expansion": "Balkans",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Bal‧kans"
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German 2-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German non-lemma forms",
"German proper noun forms",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links"
],
"form_of": [
{
"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",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Balkans"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun form"
},
"expansion": "Balkans",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"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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