Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN - not comparableOf or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
- not comparableOf or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
- rareThe Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
- A region of Turkmenistan.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishبالقان
- EnglishBalkan
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.
More words from Ottoman Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَلْقَانِي
- بَلْقَانِي (balqānī)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Bengali বলকানী
- বলকানী (bôlkanī)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Bulgarian балка́нски
- балка́нски (balkánski)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Catalan balcànic
- balcànicof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Chinese Mandarin 巴爾幹 /巴尔干
- 巴爾幹 /巴尔干 (Bā'ěrgàn)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Czech balkánský
- balkánskýof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Danish Balkan
- Balkanof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Dutch Balkanees
- Balkaneesof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Esperanto balkana
- balkanaof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Finnish Balkanin, balkanilainen
- Balkaninof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
- balkanilainenof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
French balkanique
- balkaniqueof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
German balkanisch
- balkanischof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Greek βαλκανικός
- βαλκανικός (valkanikós)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Hebrew בַּלְקָנִי
- בַּלְקָנִי (balkani)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Hindi बाल्कन
- बाल्कन (bālkan)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Hungarian balkán
- balkánof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Irish Balcánach
- Balcánachof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Italian balcanico
- balcanicoof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Lithuanian balkanai
- balkanaiof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Norwegian Bokmål balkansk
- balkanskof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Polish bałkański
- bałkańskiof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Portuguese balcânico
- balcânicoof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Romanian balcanic
- balcanicof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Russian балка́нский, Балка́нский велая́т
- балка́нский (balkánskij)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
- Балка́нский велая́т (Balkánskij velaját)Region of Turkmenistan
Slovak balkánsky
- balkánskyof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Spanish balcánico
- balcánicoof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Turkish Balkan
- Balkanof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Ukrainian балка́нський
- балка́нський (balkánsʹkyj)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Urdu بَلْقانی
- بَلْقانی (balqānī)of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Welsh Balcanaidd
- Balcanaiddof or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Balkan
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Cite this entry
Balkan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkan
“Balkan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balkan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkan.
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