Balkan Peninsula

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.

Equivalents

EspañolPenínsula balcánica

DeutschBalkan Balkanhalbinsel

PortuguêsPenínsula Balcânica

23 more languages

العربيةشِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان

BosanskiBalkan Балкан

Catalàpenínsula Balcànica

ΕλληνικάΒαλκάνια Βαλκανική χερσόνησος Χερσόνησος του Αίμου

GaeilgeAn Leithinis Bhalcánach Leithinis na mBalcán

HrvatskiBalkan Балкан

ՀայերենԲալկանյան թերակղզի

Italianopenisola balcanica

日本語バルカン半島

ქართულიბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული

한국어발칸반도

KurdîBalkan

МакедонскиБалкански Полуостров

NederlandsBalkan Balkanschiereiland

PolskiPółwysep Bałkański

RomânăPeninsula Balcanică

РусскийБалка́нский полуо́стров

СрпскиBalkan Балкан

SvenskaBalkan Balkanhalvön

Тоҷикӣнимҷазираи Балкан

ไทยบอลข่าน

TürkçeBalkan Yarımadası

УкраїнськаБалка́нський піво́стрів

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Balkan pine Balkan Romani Balkan studies Balkanabat Balkaner Balkania

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