Balkanai

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Internationalism; compare English Balkans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bɐlˈkɑːnɐɪ] Hyphenation: Bal‧ka‧nai === Proper noun === Balkãnai m pl (relational adjective balkãniškas) stress pattern 2 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) Synonym: Balkãnų pùsiasalis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Balkanai”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d. “Balkanai”, entry by Rimantas Krupickas, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]