balkans
IPA: bˈɔɫkʌnz
Root Word: Balkans
noun
- A geographical region in southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.
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Examples of "balkans" in Sentences
- It has the highest minaret in the Balkans.
- It is the most tiresome mantra of the Balkans.
- Serbia is the bastion of freedom in the Balkans.
- His academic specialization is in the study of the Balkans.
- In part to signal that the USA was the arbiter of the Balkans, not the EU.
- During the stagnation period, much territory in the Balkans was ceded to Austria.
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