Associations to the word «Balkans»

Wiktionary

BALKANS, proper noun. A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and sometimes Romania.

Dictionary definition

BALKANS, noun. The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula.
BALKANS, noun. A large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range.
BALKANS, noun. The Balkan countries collectively.

Wise words

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