What does Balkan mean?
Definitions for Balkan
ˈbɔl kənbalkan
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Princeton's WordNet
Balkannoun
an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
Wiktionary
Balkanadjective
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
Balkanadjective
Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
Balkanadjective
Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants
Etymology: From balkan
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balkan
The term "Balkan" primarily refers to the Balkan Peninsula, which is a geographic region in Southeast Europe. It includes countries like Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. "Balkan" can also be used as an adjective to describe things related to this region, such as Balkan culture or Balkan history.
Wikidata
Balkan
Balkan is the second studio album by Bosnian Serb singer Seka Aleksić. It was released in 2003. The album is named after the Balkan mountains. Balkan contains a few hit songs: "Crno i zlatno", "Šta je bilo, bilo je", "Idi lepi moj", "Jedna više", "Oči plave boje" and the title track.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
balkan
The ancient Hæmus, a range of mountains extending from the Adriatic to the Euxine. Their passage, up to that time deemed impracticable, was completed by the Russians under Diebitsch during the Russian and Turkish war, July 26, 1829. An armistice was the consequence, and a treaty of peace was signed at Adrianople, September 14, following. The Balkan was again crossed by the victorious Russians in the face of all opposition during the Russian and Turkish war, 1877.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BALKAN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Balkan is ranked #78821 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Balkan surname appeared 242 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Balkan.
92.1% or 223 total occurrences were White.
2.4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 5 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1791","1"],["1807","2"],["1809","2"],["1829","2"],["1833","1"],["1854","1"],["1882","1"],["1885","2"],["1890","3"],["1896","1"],["1898","2"],["1899","1"],["1905","1"],["1909","3"],["1912","2"],["1915","2"],["1917","1"],["1918","4"],["1920","5"],["1922","2"],["1923","2"],["1924","3"],["1926","3"],["1927","3"],["1928","9"],["1929","5"],["1930","2"],["1931","1"],["1933","3"],["1935","2"],["1936","5"],["1938","2"],["1939","1"],["1940","9"],["1941","2"],["1942","1"],["1943","4"],["1944","1"],["1945","2"],["1948","4"],["1949","9"],["1950","3"],["1951","3"],["1952","1"],["1953","1"],["1954","3"],["1955","4"],["1956","5"],["1957","3"],["1958","2"],["1959","2"],["1960","1"],["1961","10"],["1963","7"],["1964","5"],["1965","5"],["1966","3"],["1967","10"],["1968","10"],["1969","4"],["1970","11"],["1971","10"],["1972","5"],["1973","7"],["1974","15"],["1975","11"],["1976","13"],["1977","6"],["1978","9"],["1979","12"],["1980","15"],["1981","14"],["1982","22"],["1983","6"],["1984","23"],["1985","25"],["1986","15"],["1987","27"],["1988","41"],["1989","14"],["1990","24"],["1991","28"],["1992","18"],["1993","19"],["1994","23"],["1995","58"],["1996","26"],["1997","32"],["1998","21"],["1999","23"],["2000","19"],["2001","31"],["2002","141"],["2003","44"],["2004","27"],["2005","31"],["2006","53"],["2007","56"],["2008","73"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Balkan in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Balkan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Balkan in a Sentence
It's clear that the Balkan route is a thing of the past and no longer will or should be a place again from where people will be waved through to Germany and Austria and to the center of Europe, now the issue is alternative routes ... we are of course concerned that we'll get rising refugee numbers again as they come via Libya and Italy.
I felt that it was a matter of injustice, it's not as if a meteor dropped on the middle of the park and destroyed the lynx, it's a decision... It was a decision by the banks to contribute to the extinction of the Balkan lynx.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka:
The current situation when up to 3,000 people come to Greece every day certainly is not what we had in mind, the Visegrad Four (V4) realizes how important it is to focus on the west Balkan route and show solidarity with the west Balkan countries and help them with protection of their borders.
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner:
It's important that every country on the Balkan route acts more restrictively, a backlog on the Slovenian side... cannot be ruled out.
German offshore wind has become very important for us, onshore wind in eastern Europe and the Balkan countries is currently interesting, especially in Poland and Romania.
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