Do you find word ''balkans'' derogatory ?

[Mingle]

So, both "Flemish" and "Walloons" are names given by foreigners, and in both cases, a nationalism was built around these.

Flemish is just the Anglicized native name. Walloon is indeed a foteign name though.

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[Dick]

yes. the word should be banned from this forum.

[Wrong]

No, but it's an ugly-sounding word.

[Tchek]

Blemish and Balloons

[Bosniensis]

Balkans was always called with 3 names, and meant for 3 distinct reagions

1. Illyricum (ILIRIK) -> Western Balkans, Albania
2. Macedonia (MAKEDONIJA) -> Macedonia + Ancient Macedonia + everything except Central Greece, Peleponnese and Attica
3. Thrace (TRAKIJA) -> Western Thrace, Eastern Thrace + bulgaria, eastern serbia and beyond (Romania Dacia)

[Robocop]

Everyone, run from that word "Balkan", run away from it... GET TO THE CHOPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[Arjana]

The term historically used was Haemus Peninsula, a Greek word named after a Thracian. It was named after the same mountains that the Balkans are named after, but the word Balkan is of Turkish etymology. I prefer Haemus to Balkan, but I would rather have another term not named after the mountains. Something like Cisdanubia, but I don't like that name either cause it has 'cis' in it and it means that the term isn't unique to that region since a Transdanubia also exists. Haemus is an okay name though. But I feel like it should be a term used exclusively for the Eastern -Balkans whereas Adriatic/Dinaric should be used exclusively for the Western Balkans.

The term 'Danubia' or 'Ister/Isterland' (historic name of the Danube River) would be ideal.

I don't like using Southeast Europe because it is 'prefix + word'. It's the same issue I have with 'Cisdanubia' (and why I prefer Danubia/Ister/Isterland).

Anyways, I don't find the word 'Balkan' derogatory, but I'm not from the Balkans so that's why

It was called Illyrian peninsula before it was called Balkans.

It is not the Ottomans who started this term... it was used since middle ages when slavs started to settle in balkans after the eastern romans allowed them

[Ryujin]

I proudly call myself a Balkan Turk.

[Dragoon]

Dont know. Prefer using Southeastern Europe though.

[Iloko]

yea a little bit in some ways, just the very sound of it lol