- Balkans, the
- Bal|kans, the [ `bɔlknz ]a group of countries in S.E. Europe, including Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Balkans, the
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