# Balkans

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɔːl.kənz/ · frequency rank #20,850

## Definitions
1. A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.

## Etymology
Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).

## Easily confused with
- **Balkan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balkan-vs-balkans)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ablkans`, `baklans`, `balakns`, `balkanns`, `balkanss`, `balkasn`, `balkkans`, `balknas`, `ballkans`, `bbalkans`, `blakans`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balkans