Balkán

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalkaːn]
• Hyphenation: Bal‧kán

Balkán m inan (relational adjective balkánský, demonym Balkánec)

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)

• “Balkán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Balkán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Balkán”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “Balkán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlkaːn]
• Hyphenation: Bal‧kán
• Rhymes: -aːn

Balkán

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)