"Balkan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɒlkən/ [UK], /ˈbɔːlkən/ [UK], /ˈbɔlkən/ [US], /ˈbɑlkən/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Balkan.wav
Rhymes: -ɒlkən, -ɔːlkən Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ota|بالقان}} Ottoman Turkish بالقان, {{cog|tr|balkan||wooded, craggy mountain range}} Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Balkan (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula): ballkanik (Albanian), بَلْقَانِي (balqānī) [masculine] (Arabic), بَلْقاني (balgāni) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), балка́нскі (balkánski) (Belarusian), বলকানী (bôlkanī) (Bengali), балка́нски (balkánski) (Bulgarian), balcànic (Catalan), 巴爾幹 /巴尔干 (Bā'ěrgàn) (Chinese Mandarin), balkánský (Czech), Balkan (Danish), balkana (Esperanto), Balkanin (Finnish), balkanilainen (Finnish), balkanique (French), balkanisch (German), βαλκανικός (valkanikós) (Greek), בַּלְקָנִי (balkani) (Hebrew), balkán (Hungarian), Balcánach (Irish), balcanico (Italian), balkanai (Lithuanian), балкански (balkanski) (Macedonian), balkansk (Norwegian Bokmål), balkansk (Norwegian Nynorsk), bałkański (Polish), balcânico (Portuguese), balcanic (Romanian), балка́нский (balkánskij) (Russian), ба̀лка̄нскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bàlkānskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), balkánsky (Slovak), balkánski (Slovene), balcánico (Spanish), Balkan (Turkish), балка́нський (balkánsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), بَلْقانی (balqānī) [feminine, masculine] (Urdu), Balcanaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Balkan-en-adj-RXXjOvYS Disambiguation of 'of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula': 87 7 6
  2. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains. Tags: not-comparable
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  3. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Balkanic, Balkanian Derived forms: Balkan Egyptian, Balkan endemic nephropathy, Balkaner, Balkan heath, Balkanian, Balkanic, Balkanization, Balkan pine, Paleo-Balkan
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɒlkən/ [UK], /ˈbɔːlkən/ [UK], /ˈbɔlkən/ [US], /ˈbɑlkən/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Balkan.wav
Rhymes: -ɒlkən, -ɔːlkən Head templates: {{en-prop|-}} Balkan (uncountable)
  1. A region of Turkmenistan. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Places in Turkmenistan, Regions of Turkmenistan, Europe Translations (Region of Turkmenistan): Балка́нский велая́т (Balkánskij velaját) (Russian), Balkan welaýaty (Turkmen), Балкан велаяты [Cyrillic] (Turkmen)
    Sense id: en-Balkan-en-name-cMkca1fb Disambiguation of Europe: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "балка́нскі"
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      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "বলকানী"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "balkánski",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "балка́нски"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balcànic"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "Bā'ěrgàn",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "巴爾幹 /巴尔干"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkánský"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkan"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkana"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkanin"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkanilainen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkanique"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkanisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "valkanikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "βαλκανικός"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "balkani",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "בַּלְקָנִי"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkán"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balcánach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balcanico"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkanai"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "balkanski",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "балкански"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkansk"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkansk"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "bałkański"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balcânico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balcanic"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "balkánskij",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "балка́нский"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
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      "word": "ба̀лка̄нскӣ"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bàlkānskī"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkánsky"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balkánski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "balcánico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "balkánsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "балка́нський"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "balqānī",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلْقانی"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula",
      "word": "Balcanaidd"
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}

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Balkánskij velaját",
      "sense": "Region of Turkmenistan",
      "word": "Балка́нский велая́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "Region of Turkmenistan",
      "word": "Balkan welaýaty"
    },
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "Region of Turkmenistan",
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      ],
      "word": "Балкан велаяты"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balkan"
}

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