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Balkanization

Balkanization

See also: balkanization

English

Alternative forms

Balkanisation

Proper noun

Balkanization

(historical, chiefly political science) A geopolitical term to describe the fragmentation of a region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
(informal) Any disintegration process, such as that of the Internet being divided into separate enclaves.

Translations

fragmentation of a region into several small states

Arabic: بَلْقَنَة f ‎(balqana)
Belarusian: балканіза́цыя f ‎(balkanizácyja)
Bulgarian: балканиза́ция f ‎(balkanizácija)
Catalan: balcanització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴爾幹化, 巴尔干化 ‎(Bā'ěrgànhuà)
Czech: balkanizace f
Finnish: balkanisaatio
French: balkanisation (fr) f
German: Balkanisierung (de) f
Greek: βαλκανοποίηση f ‎(valkanopoíisi)
Hungarian: balkanizáció
Italian: balcanizzazione (it)
Japanese: バルカニゼーション ‎(barukanizēshon), バルカン化 ‎(barukan-ka)
Korean: 발칸화 ‎(balkanhwa)

Macedonian: балканизација f ‎(balkanizacija)
Norwegian: balkanisering
Polish: bałkanizacja f
Portuguese: balcanização f
Romanian: balcanizare
Russian: балканиза́ция (ru) f ‎(balkanizácija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: балканизација f

Roman: balkanizacija (sh) f
Slovak: balkanizácia f
Slovene: balkanizacija f
Spanish: balcanización f
Swedish: balkanisering (sv)
Ukrainian: балканіза́ція f ‎(balkanizácija)

any disintegration process

Catalan: balcanització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴爾幹化, 巴尔干化 ‎(Bā'ěrgànhuà)

Finnish: balkanisaatio
German: Zerfall (de) m
Russian: балканиза́ция (ru) f ‎(balkanizácija)

balkanization

balkanization

See also: Balkanization

English

Noun

balkanization ‎(plural balkanizations)

Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization
- 1988, October 14, “Michael Miner”, in Local Paper Does Good; Quayle Watching:
  TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.