The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.
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Balkan
//ˈbɔlkən//
Synonyms for "balkan" (3 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 36 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ballkanas adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
- ballkanik adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Arabic
2 entries- بَلْقاني adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
- بَلْقَانِي adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Belarusian
1 entries- балка́нскі adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Bengali
1 entries- বলকানী adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Bulgarian
1 entries- балка́нски adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Catalan
1 entries- balcànic adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 巴爾幹 /巴尔干 adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Czech
1 entries- balkánský adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Danish
1 entries- Balkan adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Dutch
1 entries- Balkanees adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Esperanto
1 entries- balkana adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Finnish
2 entries- Balkanin adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
- balkanilainen adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
French
1 entries- balkanique adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
German
1 entries- balkanisch adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Greek
1 entries- βαλκανικός adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּלְקָנִי adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Hungarian
1 entries- balkán adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Irish
1 entries- Balcánach adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Italian
1 entries- balcanico adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Lithuanian
1 entries- balkanai adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Macedonian
1 entries- балкански adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- balkansk adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- balkansk adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Polish
1 entries- bałkański adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Portuguese
1 entries- balcânico adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Romanian
1 entries- balcanic adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Russian
2 entries- балка́нский adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
- Балка́нский велая́т name (Region of Turkmenistan)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bàlkānskī adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
- ба̀лка̄нскӣ adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Slovak
1 entries- balkánsky adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Slovene
1 entries- balkánski adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Spanish
1 entries- balcánico adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Turkish
1 entries- Balkan adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Turkmen
2 entries- Balkan welaýaty name (Region of Turkmenistan)
- Балкан велаяты name (Region of Turkmenistan)
Ukrainian
1 entries- балка́нський adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Urdu
1 entries- بَلْقانی adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Welsh
1 entries- Balcanaidd adj (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Romania is a Balkan country. Its capital is Bucharest.
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Serbia is a country on the Balkan Peninsula.
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In the earlier historical times the whole of the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula between the Danube and the Aegean was known as Thracia, while the western part (north of the forty-first degree of latitude) was termed Illyricum; the lower basin of the river Vardar (the classical Axius) was called Macedonia.
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