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/bˈɔlkən steɪt/ Listen

Balkan state

noun

Any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula. Synonyms: Balkan country, Balkan nation.

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... result of the war, if fought out between the original contestants, it is impossible to say, for at this juncture a new Balkan State, which had taken no part in the Turkish war, came into the field. This was Roumania, lying north of Bulgaria and removed from any contact with Turkey. It had had a quarrel with Bulgaria, dating back to 1878, concerning certain territory to which it ...

— A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study - of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict • Logan Marshall

... them to use fewer men and to kill more than the Allies. The Russians also lack ammunition and are yielding more and more territory. The Allies—so you hear now—will do well if they get their little army away from the Dardanelles before the German-Turks eat 'em alive, and no Balkan state comes in to help the Allies. Italy makes progress-slowly, of course, over almost impassable mountains—etc., etc. Most of this doleful recital I think is true; and I find more and more men here who have lost hope of seeing an end of the war in less than ...

— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II • Burton J. Hendrick

Words linked to "Balkan state" : Albania, Republic of Albania, European nation, Balkan country, Ellas, Balkans, Hellenic Republic, Bulgaria, Balkan Peninsula, Greece, Balkan nation, European country, Macedonia, Republic of Bulgaria