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Definition of Balkan
1. Noun. An inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula.
Definition of Balkan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balkan
Literary usage of Balkan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"In accordance with the common understanding of all the Balkan States, Rumania is
always in favor of a union of them all, but opposes any combination between ..."
2. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"Balkan STATES Roumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia or Jugoslavia. The Bal- § 195 kan
peoples derive their law from that of the Eastern Roman Empire, ..."
3. Topography and Strategy in the War by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1917)
"Balkan situation in 1915 CHAPTER XIII THE Balkan THEATER OF WAR The Balkan Barrier
NEAR the head of the Adriatic there rise several small streams whose ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"Balkan. . , " behind the Lord Raglan added, that the movement which seemed to
him the best was an advance to the front with a view to join Omar Pasha in an ..."
5. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"There is no single Ariadne's thread to guide the bewildered explorer through the
tangled labyrinth of Balkan politics. Despite Bulgaria's central position, ..."
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