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balkan
UK /ˈbɒlkən/ US /ˈbɔlkən/
adj 3name 2
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4ADJ.
tiny, worst
VERB + BALKAN
part
BALKAN + NOUN
capital, country, languages, mountain, nation, peninsula, s
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
2
Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
3
Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
name
1
The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
name
1
A region of Turkmenistan.
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A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killin
Wiktionary02
The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.
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Romania is a Balkan country. Its capital is Bucharest.
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Serbia is a country on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country situated in Southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Albania, officially known as the Republic of Albania, is a country situated in Southeast Europe on the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.
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