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Mar 31, 2020
This week’s themeWords coined after mountains and hills
This week’s words
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balkanize
History of Central Europe and the Balkans from 1796 to 2008
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PRONUNCIATION:
(BAWL-kuh-nyz) 
MEANING:
verb tr.: To divide a region, group, etc., into small, often hostile, entities.
ETYMOLOGY:
From allusion to the breakup of the the Balkan Peninsula following the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The Peninsula is named after Balkan Mountains, which are named after a Turkish word for mountains: balkan. Earliest documented use: 1917.
USAGE:
“The governor balkanized the Kano Emirate by creating four other emirates.”
Emir Sanusi and Goje -- What Happened to Their Probes?; This Day (Lagos, Nigeria); Jun 14, 2019.
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Emir Sanusi and Goje -- What Happened to Their Probes?; This Day (Lagos, Nigeria); Jun 14, 2019.
See more usage examples of balkanize in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
But at my back I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near; / And yonder all before us lie / Deserts of vast eternity. -Andrew Marvell, poet (31 Mar 1621-1678)
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