Balkanization

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Bal·kan·ize or bal·kan·ize (bôl

-n

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tr.v. Bal·kan·ized or bal·kan·ized, Bal·kan·iz·ing or bal·kan·iz·ing, Bal·kan·iz·es or bal·kan·iz·es

To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units.

[From the political division of the Balkans in the early 20th century.]

Balkan·i·zation n.

Translations

balkanization [ˈbɔːlkənaɪˈzeɪʃən] N → balcanización f

Balkanization balkanization [ˌbɔːlkənaɪˈzeɪʃ^ən] Balkanisation (British) balkanisation (British) n (= fragmentation) [country] → balkanisation f

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Balkanize			The walls, barriers and balkanization, apparent evidence of separation between Israelis and Palestinians, partly justified by security, may mean its impossible to create a Palestinian State alongside the State of Israel. 'There is Still Time to Separate'? by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) Are we really in a post-racial America, or is our multicultural multiethnic America, too, destined for Balkanization and break-up? Ethnonationalism rules by Buchanan, Patrick J. / The American Conservative Despite the eloquence of the German warning against those who lightly play with fire on all fronts; despite the Italian warning against the Balkanization of the Caucasus, the reality is that classifying the Kremlin as an international outlaw will encourage the camp of "rogue countries," the enemies in the eyes of Washington, to provoke the Kremlin towards more defiance. The Big Renegade and Its Gains by Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon)			Balinese Balinese cat baling wire Baliol balisage Balisaur Balister Balistes Balistes vetula Balistidae Balistoid Balistraria Balize balk balk line Balkan Balkan country Balkan Mountain Range Balkan Mountains Balkan nation Balkan Peninsula Balkan state Balkan States Balkan Wars Balkanise Balkanization Balkanize Balkans balked Balker Balkh Balkhash balkiness balking Balkingly Balkis Balkish balkline balky Ball ball ammunition ball and chain Ball and socket joint ball bearing Ball bearings ball boy ball carrier ball cartridge ball club ball cock ball control			Balkan splint Balkan splint Balkan state Balkan states Balkan states Balkan Student Mathematical Competition Balkan Studies Balkan Sunflowers Balkan traction frame Balkan tubulointerstitial nephritis Balkan Union of Oncology Balkan War Balkan War Balkan Wars Balkan Wars Balkan Wars of 1912–13 Balkan-Caucasian Race Balkan-Combined Air Operations Center Balkanabat Balkanic Union for Fuzzy Systems and Artificial Intelligence Balkanisation Balkanisation Balkanise Balkanise Balkanised Balkanised Balkanises Balkanisierung Balkanisierung Balkanising Balkanization Balkanize Balkanize Balkanized Balkanized Balkanizes Balkanizing Balkans Balkans Balkans Combined Air Operation Centre Balkans Digitization Initiative Balkans Intelligence Support Element Balkans war Balkans war Balkanski, Nenko Dimitrov Balkar Balkar Balkars Balkash Balkash Balkashino balked balked balked balked balker balker balker balker Balkh Balkh

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