Balkans

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geographical region historical region

The Balkans is a historically and culturally diverse region in Southeast Europe known for its complex mix of ethnicities, religions, and languages and its pivotal role in European and Mediterranean history.

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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
Balkans canonical 915
Balkan Peninsula 177
Southeastern Europe 84

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith start of World War I ⓘ
borderedBy Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Aegean Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River

Ionian Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continental climate ⓘ
hasCountry Albania ⓘ
Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
hasCulturalConcept Balkanization ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Albanians ⓘ
Bosniaks ⓘ
Bulgarians ⓘ
Croats ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Macedonians ⓘ
Montenegrins ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Romanians ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ
surface form: Slovenes

Turks ⓘ
Romanians ⓘ
surface form: Vlachs
hasHighestPeak Musala ⓘ
hasHighestPeakElevation 2925 meters ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Albanian language ⓘ
Modern Greek ⓘ
surface form: Greek language

Romance languages ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
hasMajorCity Athens ⓘ
Belgrade ⓘ
Bucharest ⓘ
Ljubljana ⓘ
Podgorica ⓘ
Pristina ⓘ
Sarajevo ⓘ
Skopje ⓘ
Sofia ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessaloniki

Tirana ⓘ
Zagreb ⓘ
hasMountainRange Balkan Mountains ⓘ
Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
Dinaric Alps ⓘ
Pindus Mountains ⓘ
hasPartialCountry Hungary ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasSubregion Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Balkans

Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Balkans

Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Balkans
hasSupranationalOrganizationMembership European Union ⓘ
surface form: European Union (some states)

NATO (some states) ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southeast Europe
locatedOn Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
partOf Eastern Europe ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Southern Europe
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
surface form: Central European Time (most areas)

Eastern European Time ⓘ
surface form: Eastern European Time (some areas)
wasCenterOf Balkan Wars ⓘ
Yugoslav Wars ⓘ
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ⓘ

Referenced by (1,285)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → geographicCenter → Balkans ⓘ
Indo-European language family → hasSubfamily → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-European Sprachbunds
Greece → subregion → Balkans ⓘ
Greece → locatedOn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean → adjacentTo → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Roman Empire → territoryIncludes → Balkans ⓘ
Turkey → region → Balkans ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → location → Balkans ⓘ
Balkan Campaign → location → Balkans ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → dominantIn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Europe
Ottoman Empire → historicalRegion → Balkans ⓘ
Albanian language → region → Balkans ⓘ
Cyrillic script → usedInRegion → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Sephardi Jews → dispersedTo → Balkans ⓘ
Balkans → locatedIn → Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Europe
Balkans → locatedOn → Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Balkans → hasSubregion → Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Balkans
Balkans → hasSubregion → Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Balkans
Balkans → hasSubregion → Balkans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Balkans
Roman roads → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Balkans
Roma Education Fund → operatesIn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Hellenic languages → region → Balkans ⓘ
Gothic War → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
Marcomannic Wars → location → Balkans ⓘ
Kalderash → region → Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Europe → borderedBy → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Eastern Europe → containsSubregion → Balkans ⓘ
Romania → locatedInRegion → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Romania → locatedInRegion → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Independent State of Croatia → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
Eurasia → contains → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Xoraxane Roma → traditionallyFoundIn → Balkans ⓘ
Yugoslav Royal Air Force → primaryTheater → Balkans ⓘ
Diwani script → region → Balkans ⓘ
Asia Minor → separatedFrom → Balkans ⓘ
Bulgaria → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Europe
Bulgaria → locatedOn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan Peninsula
Yugoslavia → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
Slavic languages → areSpokenIn → Balkans ⓘ
Albania → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
Albania → locatedIn → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Byzantine Empire → region → Balkans ⓘ
Islamic world → hasRegion → Balkans ⓘ
Aromanian → region → Balkans ⓘ
Balkan Turkish → spokenIn → Balkans ⓘ
Balkan Turkish → region → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Balkan Wars → location → Balkans ⓘ
Balkan Wars → location → Balkans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Europe
Romaniote Jews → historicalCenter → Balkans ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → historicallySpokenIn → Balkans ⓘ