Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars
noun
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
Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas
Instance Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare
Part Holonyms: ↑Balkan Peninsula, ↑Balkans
Part Meronyms: ↑Lule Burgas, ↑battle of Lule Burgas

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