Balkanization

Alternative forms

 * (mainly UK)
 * (mainly UK)

Etymology
. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century.

Noun

 * 1)  The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
 * 2)  Any disintegration or fragmentation process.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَلْقَنَة
 * Belarusian: балканіза́цыя
 * Bulgarian: балканиза́ция
 * Catalan: balcanització
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: balkanizace
 * Finnish: balkanisaatio
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბალკანიზაცია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: balkanizáció
 * Indonesian: balkanisasi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: バルカニゼーション, バルカン化
 * Korean: 발칸화
 * Macedonian: балканизација
 * Norwegian: balkanisering
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: balcanização
 * Romanian: balcanizare
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: балканизација
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: balkanizácia
 * Slovene: balkanizacija
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: Balkanlaşma
 * Ukrainian: балканіза́ція
 * Vietnamese: Balkan hóa


 * Catalan: balcanització
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: balkanisaatio
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბალკანიზაცია
 * German:
 * Portuguese: balcanização
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: