balkans

1. 1.

   the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula

   SynonymsBalkan MountainsBalkan Mountain Range

   Broaderrange

   Part ofBalkan Peninsula
2. 2.

   a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range

   SynonymsBalkan Peninsula

   Broaderpeninsula

   Part ofEurope

   PartsBalkan WarsBalkan countryAlbaniaCroatiaMacedonThrace
3. 3.

   the Balkan countries collectively

   BroaderEuropean country

Other forms of balkans

plural

balkanses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about balkans

What does balkans mean?

balkans means "the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in balkans?

balkans has 2 syllables: bal-kans. The stress falls on "bal". In IPA it is /ˈbɔlkənz/.

What is another word for balkans?

Close synonyms include Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Peninsula. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is balkans a common word?

balkans is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.