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nounan inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsulatype of:
Definition that contains balkan
- turkey a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
- greece a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
- albania a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula
- bulgaria a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
- croatia a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
- balkans the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
- balkans a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
- balkans the Balkan countries collectively
- balkan an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
- macedonia the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria