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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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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Bal‧kan

Proper noun

Balkan m (genitive Balkans)

  1. Balkans, Balkan Peninsula

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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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