Balkans
Definitions
A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.
plural, plural-only
Equivalents
31 more languages
বাংলাবলকান
CatalàBalcans
ČeštinaBalkán
CymraegBalcanau
ΕλληνικάΒαλκάνια
SuomiBalkan
GalegoBalcáns
हिन्दीबाल्कन
MagyarBalkán
ՀայերենԲալկաններ
ItalianoBalcani
日本語バルカン半島
ქართულიბალკანეთი
한국어발칸반도
KurdîBalkan
LietuviųBalkanai
МакедонскиБалкан
NederlandsBalkan
PolskiBałkany
PortuguêsBálcãs
РусскийБалканы
SlovenščinaBalkan
SvenskaBalkan
ไทยบอลข่าน
TürkçeBalkanlar
Tiếng ViệtBan-căng
Examples
“As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.”
“The Balkans is still comparatively less attractive than other post-communist countries in Europe [...]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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