Balkan definition

**nittionia** · 03-08-2019, 06:45 PM

How does the definition make you feel? Do you agree with it? Would you add or take away countries? Genuinely curious to hear from Balkan members.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/balkan-states

**Aspirin** · 03-08-2019, 06:47 PM

"Croatia/Slovenia"

**~~Moje ime~~** · 03-08-2019, 08:11 PM

Without Turkey and Slovenia (but Slovenia is so small anyway that nobody even notice where it is in definition). Croats - as they wish.

Geographically Balkan border in ex Yugoslavia is river Sava and river Danube. So according to that northern part of Croatia and northern part of Serbia are not Balkan. That makes sense because they were predominantly culturally influenced by Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Ülev · 03-08-2019, 08:15 PM

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ba...9!4d59.6079974
if don't work, type: Балканы, Россия

**TheMaestro** · 03-08-2019, 08:41 PM

Balkan is a place where you use "bre" in every sentence.

**Ayetooey** · 03-08-2019, 08:50 PM

Continental Croatia isn't Balkan (only Dalmatia), and Vojvodina isn't Balkan; neither is Slovenia or Turkey or the Greek Islands (only mainland Greece is Balkan). Rest of the countries in the list are Balkan

**TheMaestro** · 03-08-2019, 08:55 PM

**Maks Luburic** · 03-08-2019, 08:58 PM

We had this topic already one million times.

From the geographical point of view it´s the line between Trieste and Odessa.

Culturally are Croatia, the Vojvodina and some parts of Bosnia Central European and/or Italian influenced.

**nittionia** · 03-08-2019, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by Ayetooey

Continental Croatia isn't Balkan (only Dalmatia), and Vojvodina isn't Balkan; neither is Slovenia or Turkey or the Greek Islands (only mainland Greece is Balkan). Rest of the countries in the list are Balkan

Is this how a lot of Balkan people think? For example, I've only heard of the Balkans (in America) as the definition I posted in the OP, minus Turkey. I'm not really sure what to think about it, not that the label itself is that strict for me anyways.

**Maks Luburic** · 03-08-2019, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by nittionia

Is this how a lot of Balkan people think? For example, I've only heard of the Balkans (in America) as the definition I posted in the OP, minus Turkey. I'm not really sure what to think about it, not that the label itself is that strict for me anyways.

Visit Croatia (best Zagreb) and one day later (central/south) Serbia or Bulgaria. You will see that it is an entire different world.