Synonyms for Balkans
balkans

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1. Balkansnoun

   A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by the former Yugoslav countries, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and sometimes Romania.

   Synonyms:
   Balkan Peninsula

Princeton's WordNet

1. Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Rangenoun

   the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula

2. Balkan Peninsula, Balkansnoun

   a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range

3. Balkansnoun

   the Balkan countries collectively

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1. • Balkan Peninsula
   • Europe
   • European Country
   • Peninsula
   • Range

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1. List of paraphrases for "balkans":

   balkan, western

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1. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov:

   We do not aim to divide the European Union. On the contrary, we aim to help eastern Europe and the Balkans which are lagging behind to catch up.

2. Janez Kopac:

   Western Balkans coal power producers participate in the single European power market on an equal basis as EU stakeholders, yet they get a free pass when it comes to paying for their CO2 emissions, should the carbon pricing mechanism be introduced today, all the region's coal-fired power plants would go bankrupt overnight.

3. Jan Vurbs:

   People who stage attacks do not use legally held weapons, they use black market ones, primarily from the Balkans, we have to meet a number of rules on storing weapons, safe boxes, every weapon is registered and police know exactly what we have at home.

4. Novak Djokovic:

   I'm proud to officially share the news that the #AdriaTour will be held across the #Balkans 13 June - 5 July kicking off with a tournament in Belgrade, very grateful we could make this happen to play and support humanitarian projects across the region.

5. Zlatko Topcic:

   War is a war. Everywhere is hard and bloody, but the Balkans in it bring their coloring and passion. Someone happened to be on the right side. But, madam, be without worry: it is not so far a day when both sides will become the same and when it will not be known which side of the story is right.