- the Balkans
- UK [ˈbɔːlkənz] / US [ˈbɔlkənz]
a group of countries in SE Europe, including Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
English dictionary. 2014.
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(the) Balkans — the Balkans UK [ˈbɔːlkənz] US [ˈbɔlkənz] a group of countries in SE Europe, including Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Thesaurus: countries considered as a political or economic … Useful english dictionary
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans — Author(s) Gordana Kuić … Wikipedia
The Balkans since 1453 — is a book by the Greek Canadian historian L.S. Stavrianos published in 1958. It is a large, synthetical work which encompasses the major political, economic and cultural events of the Balkans from the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the late… … Wikipedia
the Balkans — the Balkan countries. → Balkan … English new terms dictionary
the Balkans — n. Balkan, historic and geographic name of southeastern Europe; countries located on the Balkan Peninsula (Yugoslavia, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and the European part of Turkey) … English contemporary dictionary
History of the Balkans — The Balkans is an area of southeastern Europe situated at a major crossroads between mainland Europe and the Near East. The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often violent history and to its very… … Wikipedia
Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans — The weaknesses of the fragmented Balkan states following the death of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1355 opened wide the door to the conquest of the Balkan Peninsula by the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan states proved no match for those militantly … Wikipedia
Gallic invasion of the Balkans — The Gallic Invasion of Balkans was a mass migration of Gauls that moved into the Balkan peninsula in 281 BCE to 279 BCE. A part of the invasion crossed over to Anatolia and eventually settled in the area that came to be named after them,… … Wikipedia
Ottoman System in the Balkans — By the early sixteenth century most of the Balkan Peninsula’s Christians were submerged within the Ottomans’ Islamic theocratic society. In traditional Islamic civilization, no separation existed between religious and secular matters, and… … Wikipedia
Imagining the Balkans — is a book by the Bulgarian academic Maria Todorova.Published by Oxford University Press, United States (May 22, 1997); ISBN 0 19 508751 8,Maria Todorova is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She specializes… … Wikipedia
