Balkan Peninsula

English

Balkan peninsula (as defined by the Danube-Sava-Kupa line).

A large peninsula in southeastern Europe surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.
Synonym: Balkans

peninsula in southeastern Europe — See also translations at Balkans

Albanian: Gadishulli Ballkanik (sq)
Arabic: شِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان‎ f (šibh jazīra(t) al-balqān)
Hijazi Arabic: شِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان‎ f (šibh jazīra(t) al-balgān))
Armenian: Բալկանյան թերակղզի (Balkanyan tʿerakłzi)
Bulgarian: Балкански полуостров m (Balkanski poluostrov)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴爾幹半島 (zh)
Danish: Balkanhalvøen c (definite form. The indefinite form is not used.), Balkan
Esperanto: Balkana duoninsulo
Finnish: Balkanin niemimaa
Georgian: ბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული (balḳanetis naxevarḳunʒuli)
German: Balkanhalbinsel (de) f, Balkan (de) m
Greek: Βαλκανική χερσόνησος f (Valkanikí chersónisos)
Irish: An Leithinis Bhalcánach f, Leithinis na mBalcán f
Italian: penisola balcanica f
Kalmyk: Балкан тоха арл (Balkan toxa arl)

Kazakh: Балқан түбегі (Balqan tübegi)
Lithuanian: Balkanų pusiasalis m
Macedonian: Ба́лкански Полуо́стров m (Bálkanski Poluóstrov)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Balkan

Nynorsk: Balkan
Portuguese: Península Balcânica f
Romanian: Peninsula Balcanică f
Russian: Балка́нский полуо́стров (ru) m (Balkánskij poluóstrov)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Балкански полуоток m, Балканско полуострво n

Latin: Balkanski poluotok m, Balkansko poluostrvo n
Slovene: Balkánski pólotok m
Swedish: Balkan, Balkanhalvön (sv)
Turkish: Balkan Yarımadası (tr)

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