balkan
/ˈbɔlkən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
adj
Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
name
The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
name
A region of Turkmenistan.
Example Sentences
- "A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings."
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”), from which the name of the region of Turkmenistan is derived, too.
Word Breakdown
- Root: بالقان
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɔlkən/
- British English: /ˈbɒlkən/