balkan_wars | ||
1. | [ noun ] (military) two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe | |
Related terms: | war Balkan_Peninsula Lule_Burgas Greece | |
Similar spelling: |
balkanise Balkan_state balkanize Balkan_nation |