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the Balkans
noun[ plural ]
uk /ˈbɔːl.kənz/ us /ˈbɔːl.kənz/
a region in southeastern Europe between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea巴尔干半岛
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But in the Balkans these problems will be more complicated because of conflicting interests, and most complicated of all will they be in Turkey.
Consider what is taking place now in the Balkans, what blood is being shed.
It is well said that Greek influence in the Balkans extends no further inland than that of the sea breezes.
Sympathy with the revolt in the Balkans was therefore confined to nationalist enthusiasts in the towns of Russia.
The present war in the Balkans furnishes a parallel of these conditions.
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