Definitions for balkan
ˈbɔl kənbalkan

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Balkannoun

   an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Balkanadjective

   Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula

2. Balkanadjective

   Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains

3. Balkanadjective

   Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants

4. Etymology: From balkan

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1. balkan

   The term "Balkan" primarily refers to the Balkan Peninsula, which is a geographic region in Southeast Europe. It includes countries like Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. "Balkan" can also be used as an adjective to describe things related to this region, such as Balkan culture or Balkan history.

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1. Balkan

   Balkan is the second studio album by Bosnian Serb singer Seka Aleksić. It was released in 2003. The album is named after the Balkan mountains. Balkan contains a few hit songs: "Crno i zlatno", "Šta je bilo, bilo je", "Idi lepi moj", "Jedna više", "Oči plave boje" and the title track.

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1. balkan

   The ancient Hæmus, a range of mountains extending from the Adriatic to the Euxine. Their passage, up to that time deemed impracticable, was completed by the Russians under Diebitsch during the Russian and Turkish war, July 26, 1829. An armistice was the consequence, and a treaty of peace was signed at Adrianople, September 14, following. The Balkan was again crossed by the victorious Russians in the face of all opposition during the Russian and Turkish war, 1877.

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1. BALKAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Balkan is ranked #78821 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Balkan surname appeared 242 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Balkan.
   
   92.1% or 223 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • European

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of balkan in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of balkan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of balkan in a Sentence

1. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz:

   It is not just a case of Greece not processing those (asylum) claims, but they are actively doing their very best to get the refugees to move on to central Europe as soon as possible, the Western Balkan countries are overrun, overwhelmed and have been left to their own devices.

2. Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic:

   It is of strategic importance for Montenegro to have U.S. and EU presence in Western Balkan so there would be no space for( influence) of those countries who do not share same values.

3. Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner:

   It's important that every country on the Balkan route acts more restrictively, a backlog on the Slovenian side... cannot be ruled out.

4. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka:

   The current situation when up to 3,000 people come to Greece every day certainly is not what we had in mind, the Visegrad Four (V4) realizes how important it is to focus on the west Balkan route and show solidarity with the west Balkan countries and help them with protection of their borders.

5. Carlos Haertel:

   German offshore wind has become very important for us, onshore wind in eastern Europe and the Balkan countries is currently interesting, especially in Poland and Romania.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=balkan
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Balkan
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=balkan
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html