Balkan

See also: balkan and Balkán

English

Etymology

From Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːlkən/

Adjective

Balkan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
  2. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
  3. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants

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Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Proper noun

Balkan

  1. The Balkans.

Declension

Inflection of Balkan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Balkan —
genitive Balkanin —
partitive Balkania —
illative Balkaniin —
singular plural
nominative Balkan —
accusative nom. Balkan —
gen. Balkanin
genitive Balkanin —
partitive Balkania —
inessive Balkanissa —
elative Balkanista —
illative Balkaniin —
adessive Balkanilla —
ablative Balkanilta —
allative Balkanille —
essive Balkanina —
translative Balkaniksi —
instructive — —
abessive Balkanitta —
comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalˌkaːn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun

Balkan m (genitive Balkans)

  1. Balkans, Balkan Peninsula

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Balkan

  1. the Balkans

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Balkan

  1. the Balkans

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎlkaːn/
  • Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun

Bàlkān m (Cyrillic spelling Ба̀лка̄н)

  1. (uncountable) the Balkan Peninsula
  2. (uncountable) the Balkans

Declension

References

  • “Balkan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Proper noun

Balkan

  1. the Balkan Peninsula
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