Balkans
Balkan ( Cyrillic Балкан ) stands for:
- Balkan Peninsula , Region of Southeast Europe
- Southeast Europe (in the broader geographical, political or cultural sense)
- Balkan Mountains (short: Balkans ), mountains in Southeast Europe
Other geographical objects:
- Great Balkans , mountain range in Turkmenistan
- Balkan welaýaty , province in Turkmenistan
- Balkan (Stambolowo) , Bulgarian village in the municipality of Stambolowo
- Balkan Mahala , Bulgarian village in the municipality of Laki
- Balkanski , Bulgarian village in the Razgrad municipality
- Balkans (Kentucky) , location in the United States
Balkan also stands for:
- Balkan (ship, 1883) , a passenger ship put into service in 1883 and sunk in 1918
- the Frose – Quedlinburg railway line , popularly known as the "Balkans"
- Balkan Bulgarian Airlines , a former Bulgarian airline
Balkan is the family name of the following people:
- Enver Balkan (1902– ??), Turkish fencer
- Fuat Balkan (1887–1970), Turkish fencer
- Gürkan Balkan (* 1980), Turkish musician and composer
- Nihat Balkan , Turkish fencer
- Onur Balkan (* 1996), Turkish road cyclist
- Hurricane Balkan (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Tolga Flim Flam Balkan (* 1963), German singer and remixer
See also:
Wiktionary: Balkans - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Central Balkan National Park , National Park in the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria
