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Balkan Wars

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Examples

The Balkan wars led to a further inconsistency in U.S. policy. ... America asked Europe to carry more of the defense burden, and then grew resentful when the EU did as asked. Charles A. Kupchan

Former battlefields, the slopes still contain land mines from the Balkan wars. Source: Internet

In what is mostly a social history of the post-cold war era – don’t expect to find an analysis of the Balkan wars – Bacevich seeks to chronicle how the US “wasted little time in squandering the advantage it had gained”. Source: Internet

Bulgaria sat out the first year of World War I recuperating from the Balkan Wars. Source: Internet

In the Balkan Wars, Serbia not only doubled its territory, but also its external enemies. Source: Internet

Trump officials also brokered an economic co-operation agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, bitter foes in the Balkan wars. Source: Internet

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