Balcáin

== Irish == === Etymology === Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). === Proper noun === Na Balcáin m pl (genitive na mBalcán) the Balkans (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) Synonyms: An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Na Stáit Bhalcánacha ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === “Balkans”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026