Western Balkans

Balkan Mountains also Balkans

A major mountain range of southeast Europe extending about 563 km (350 mi) from eastern Serbia through central Bulgaria to the Black Sea. The Balkans are a continuation of the Carpathian Mountains and rise to 2,377.2 m (7,794 ft).

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Noun	1.	Balkans - the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains Balkan Peninsula, Balkans - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
	2.	Balkans - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range Balkan Peninsula Balkan Wars - two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe Balkan country, Balkan nation, Balkan state - any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula Albania, Republic of Albania - a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula Croatia, Hrvatska, Republic of Croatia - a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991 Macedon, Makedonija, Macedonia - the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria Thrace - an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey Macedonia - landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923 Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains, Balkans - the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Balkan - an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
	3.	Balkans - the Balkan countries collectively

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Balkans [ˈbɔːlkənz] npl the Balkans → i Balcani

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Albania Annunciation lily Balkan Balkan country Balkan Mountain Range Balkan Mountains Balkan nation Balkan Peninsula Balkan state Balkan States Balkan Wars battle of Lule Burgas Bulgaria Ellas European country European nation Greece Hellenic Republic Hrvatska	My vision is that all the Western Balkans countries should become NATO and EU members," he was quoted as saying by the SRNA news agency after the meeting in Sarajevo. Montenegro optimistic for NATO membership: PM by AFP / AFP Global Edition He says that in Europe all walls have not yet been toppled, yet hopes that in December the Schengen wall would fall for at least three countries of the Western Balkans. Matej Marn, director at the Slovenian ministry of foreign affairs, ... by Macedonian Press Digest In relation to the geostrategic policy of the Western Balkans, the national interest of ethnic Albanians corresponds to the interests of USA and EU. Ethnic Albanians are a stability factor in the Balkans by Albanian Press in Macedonia	West Seneca West Side West Slavic west southwest West Sussex West Tocharian West Virginia West Virginian west wind West Yorkshire west-central west-facing west-northwest West-sider west-southwest westbound wester westering Westerlies westerly western Western Australia Western Australia coral pea Western ax Western axe Western Balkans Western balsam poplar western big-eared bat Western birch western black-legged tick western blackberry western blind snake Western blot analysis Western box turtle Western Bug western buttercup Western Cape western chimpanzee Western Chinquapin western chokecherry Western Church Western civilization western coral snake western crab apple Western culture western dewberry Western diamondback Western diamondback rattlesnake Western Dvina Western Empire Western Europe	Western Australian Survey and Mapping Advisory Council Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Western Australian Sustainable Industry Group Western Australian Swimming Association Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute Western Australian Therapeutics Advisory Group Western Australian Tourism Commission Western Australian Tourism Network Western Australian Universities Foundation Program Western Australian University Regiment Western Australian Vine Improvement Association Western Australian Water Research Western Australian Women's Golf League Inc. Western Australian Writers Centre Western Australian Yachting Foundation Western Australian Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous Western Australian Youth Music Association Western Automotive Journalists Western Auxiliary Command Post Western ax Western axe Western azalea Western Baboon Western Balkan Countries Western Balkans Western Balkans Investment Framework Western Ball Hockey League Western Balsam Bark Beetle Western balsam poplar Western Baltic languages Western Band Association Western Band Parents Council Western Baptist College Western Barbastelle Western Barley Growers Association Western Bat Working Group Western Bay of Plenty Western Bay of Plenty District Council Western Beef Development Centre Western Beef Resource Committee Western Behavioral Sciences Institute western big-eared bat Western Billing Services Western birch Western Bird Banding Association Western Black Bear Workshop Western Black Crested Gibbon Western Black Sea Basin western black-legged tick

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Albania
Annunciation lily
Balkan
Balkan country
Balkan Mountain Range
Balkan Mountains
Balkan nation
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan state
Balkan States
Balkan Wars
battle of Lule Burgas
Bulgaria
Ellas
European country
European nation
Greece
Hellenic Republic
Hrvatska

My vision is that all the Western Balkans countries should become NATO and EU members," he was quoted as saying by the SRNA news agency after the meeting in Sarajevo.

Montenegro optimistic for NATO membership: PM by AFP / AFP Global Edition

He says that in Europe all walls have not yet been toppled, yet hopes that in December the Schengen wall would fall for at least three countries of the Western Balkans.

Matej Marn, director at the Slovenian ministry of foreign affairs, ... by Macedonian Press Digest

In relation to the geostrategic policy of the Western Balkans, the national interest of ethnic Albanians corresponds to the interests of USA and EU.

Ethnic Albanians are a stability factor in the Balkans by Albanian Press in Macedonia

Western Balkans

Western Balkans Investment Framework
Western Ball Hockey League
Western Balsam Bark Beetle
Western balsam poplar
Western Baltic languages
Western Band Association
Western Band Parents Council
Western Baptist College
Western Barbastelle
Western Barley Growers Association
Western Bat Working Group
Western Bay of Plenty
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Western Beef Development Centre
Western Beef Resource Committee
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
western big-eared bat
Western Billing Services
Western birch
Western Bird Banding Association
Western Black Bear Workshop
Western Black Crested Gibbon
Western Black Sea Basin
western black-legged tick

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