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Balkan

/ˈbɒlkən/US/ˈbɔlkən/

Balkan adjective: of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

Adjective

Balkan (not comparable)

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

Proper noun

Balkan

  1. (rare) The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
  2. A region of Turkmenistan.

Balkan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati

Balkan in Hindi

of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
बाल्कन bālkan

Balkan in Urdu

of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
بَلْقانی balqānī

Balkan in Bengali

of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
বলকানী bôlkanī

Balkan in Gujarati

Balkan
બાલ્કન bālkan
More languagesFewer languages
Balkan in Arabic
بَلْقَانِي balqānī

Synonyms of Balkan

Origin of Balkan

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.

Words formed from Balkan

Phrases with Balkan

Questions about Balkan

What does Balkan mean?
Balkan means of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
What is Balkan in Hindi?
Balkan in Hindi is बाल्कन (bālkan). See Balkan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Balkan?
Balkan can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Balkan?
Balkan is pronounced /ˈbɒlkən/ (UK).

Words near Balkan in the dictionary

  1. Baljeet
  2. Baljit
  3. balk
  4. balk line
  5. balk lines
  6. Balkan
  7. Balkan donkey
  8. Balkan donkeys
  9. Balkan Egyptian
  10. Balkan Egyptians
  11. Balkan endemic nephropathy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Balkan (page history and authors); બાલ્કન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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