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Balkans vs Tamburitza - What's the difference?

balkans | tamburitza |

As a proper noun Balkans

is a geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and sometimes Romania.

As a noun tamburitza is

any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.

balkans

English

(wikipedia Balkans)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and sometimes Romania.
  • * 2002 — Dennis P. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism , p104
    • As the Ottomans' victories in the Balkans multiplied, increasing numbers of Anatolian warriors flocked to their ranks, and their territorial conquests grew.

    Usage notes

    Used with the definite article (the).

    Synonyms

    * (geographical region) Balkan Peninsula

    Derived terms

    * Balkan * Balkanism * Balkanize

    Related terms

    * Balkanic * Balkanian * Paleo-Balkan

    tamburitza

    English

    (wikipedia tamburitza)

    Alternative forms

    * tamburica

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=January 5, author=Ted Shen, title=Goran Ivanovic, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Haque will guest on one of the 18 pieces on Ivanovic's HotHouse program, as will Branko Pavlovic, who plays a Balkan mandolin called a tamburitza . }}