balkanization

geopolitical term for the fragmentation of a region into smaller states
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balkanization

Summary

balkanization is a political term[1]. balkanization ranks in the top 2% of political_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,488 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • balkanization's instance of is recorded as political term[3].
  • Balkans is named after balkanization[4].
  • balkanization's GND ID is recorded as 4363910-0[5].
  • balkanization's subclass of is recorded as political process[6].
  • balkanization's subclass of is recorded as political fragmentation[7].
  • balkanization's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q58635 (pan)-Gaurav Jhammat-ਬਾਲਕਨੀਕਰਨ.wav[8].
  • balkanization's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01929s[9].
  • balkanization's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0082829[10].
  • balkanization's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Balkanization[11].
  • balkanization's NE.se ID is recorded as balkanisering[12].
  • balkanization's Quora topic ID is recorded as Balkanization[13].
  • balkanization's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as balkanisierung[14].
  • balkanization's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Westover[15].
  • balkanization's KBpedia ID is recorded as BalkanizingSomething[16].
  • balkanization's Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as Балканізація[17].
  • balkanization's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as balcanitzacio[18].

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Designation and Status

balkanization's instance of is recorded as political term[3].

History and Context

Balkans is named after balkanization[4].

Why It Matters

balkanization ranks in the top 2% of political_term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,488 views/month).[2] balkanization has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] balkanization is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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