Balcáin

See also: balcáin

Irish

Etymology

Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).

Proper noun

Na Balcáin m pl (genitive na mBalcán)

  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)
    Synonyms: An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Na Stáit Bhalcánacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Balcáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Balcáin Bhalcáin mBalcáin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Balkans”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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