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Definition of Balagan
1. Noun. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian). "It was utter and complete balagan!"
Generic synonyms: Bedlam, Chaos, Pandemonium, Topsy-turvydom, Topsy-turvyness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balagan
Literary usage of Balagan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra): Narrative of a Winter by Frederick George Jackson, Arthur Hallam Montefiore Brice (1895)
"So she catches two live birds, places them in the balagan, and runs away with
... The old woman sleeps on for seven days,2 then wakes, goes to the balagan ..."
2. The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World by Herman Dieck (1885)
"At intervals they would stop to arouse me, crying out ' balagan major. ...
In describing a Yakut yourt or balagan," continued Mr. Melville, ..."
3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"Another ancient family in this parish was that of Hunter of balagan, (who was also
... and the English army at the moat in balagan Holm, a man named Hunter, ..."
4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... balagan (Buso of the Rattan) and the ... balagan, these are for you;" and
Suge, pointing to other of the leaf-dishes, added: "Here, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"351 Strathblane 352 ' Spout of balagan' . ... Lion Rock' ' balagan beds,' with
fault in limestone Valley erosion Trap dyke Photographed by ARTHUR S. REID, ..."
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