Bałkany

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Balkans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bawˈka.nɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anɘ
  • Syllabification: Bał‧ka‧ny

Proper noun

Bałkany nvir pl (related adjective bałkański)

  1. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey)
    Synonym: Półwysep Bałkański

Declension

Declension of Bałkany
plural
nominative Bałkany
genitive Bałkanów
dative Bałkanom
accusative Bałkany
instrumental Bałkanami
locative Bałkanach
vocative Bałkany

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Bałkany in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Bałkany in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Bałkany in PWN's encyclopedia
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