Balkanian

English

Etymology

Balkan +‎ -ian

Adjective

Balkanian (comparative more Balkanian, superlative most Balkanian)

  1. Balkan, Balkanic
    • 2004, B. A. Taleb, The Bewildered Herd: Media Coverage of International Conflicts & Public Opinion, page 306:
      As far as Le Monde is concerned, the total number of articles and news items concerning the crisis is Bosnia with the words "Bosnia", Bosnian", "Sarajevo", "Balkans" or "Balkanian" in the title amounts to 3476.
    • 2011, Francis Tapon, The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, page 306:
      Unfortunately, most of the Balkanian intellectuals, politicians, and linguists who could agree to give their common language one name are brainwashed nationalists.

Translations
Balkan — see Balkan
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