单词 | balkan league |
释义 | > as lemmasBalkan League Balkan League n. (also with lower-case initial in second element) an alliance involving states of the Balkans; esp. the alliance of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia, which fought the First Balkan War (1912–13) against the Ottoman Empire. ΚΠ 1879 Standard 27 Oct. 5/4 The postponement of the Balkan league to next spring is in keeping with what is going on elsewhere. 1912 Financial Times 10 Oct. 7/3 At Constantinople and in the capitals of the Balkan League a strict censorship is being exercised on messages and but little news has been received..of the progress of hostilities between Turkey and Montenegro. 1923 W. Miller Balkans (ed. 3) 487 The foolish attempt of the ‘Young’ Turks to Ottomanise the various races of the Empire, achieved what had been the dream of well-wishers of the Balkan nations,..—a Balkan League. 2003 R. C. Hall in R. F. Hamilton & H. H. Herwig Origins of World War I iii. 98 Russia had a different purpose in mind for this Balkan League. While the Bulgarians and Serbs saw the alliance as a weapon directed against the Ottoman Empire, the Russians saw it was a means to strengthen their position in the Balkans. < as lemmas |
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