Balkans
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- noun
- /ˈbɔːlkənz/
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Balcanes
- The cultures and histories of the countries in the Balkans are incredibly diverse.
- the Western Balkans
- war in the Balkans
- peace in the Balkans
They sent troops to Afghanistan, to the Balkans, to Libya.
- They sent troops to Afghanistan, to the Balkans, to Libya.
- This is to some extent how the Slavs get into the Balkans.
- But the idea of a, a Roman people in North Africa, in Asia Minor, in the Balkans is no longer.
- And this has been a problem of a weapons trade going from the Balkans in the past to gangs in Sweden, in Norway.
- A tribe of Barbarians who had entered the empire across the Danube in the Balkans.
- He's been all over the world, Balkans, Italy, Zion with you.
- Then all the Balkans stuff, Balkans stuff started happening in Kosovo.
- What's was the worst war ever existed in Balkans?
- You know, Balkans conflict is already underway.
- The historically, the way disputes like like like the Balkans are settled, I'm afraid, is by war.
- So I'm watching CNN over what's going on in the Balkans war.
Examples
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The League's failure pushed the nations of the Balkans into the arms of big powers in the search for security.
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Hence, the peace settlement provoked a serious radicalization of politics in the Balkans as elsewhere.
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The crisis in the Balkans was a long time in coming.
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We're taking you off the Balkans desk.
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Came over after those wars in the Balkans.
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Reconciliation in the Balkans will take more than a year.
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Who remembers what happened in the Balkans?
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Our research is situated in a region that can broadly be defined as the Balkans.
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In the western Balkans, only Croatia would remain on track for both EU and NATO membership.
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For example, the Balkans were relatively peaceful while the Ottoman Turks held a monopoly on violence there.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.1
A large peninsula in southeastern Europe that includes countries like Greece and Bulgaria
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Balkans was first the name of the mountain range (from Turkish balkan, 'wooded mountain') and later people used the same name for the whole region, which is why the area of Southeast Europe is called the Balkans.