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The earliest mention of the name appears in an early 14th-century Arab map, in which the Haemus Mountains are referred to as Balkan. [19] The first attested time the name "Balkan" was used in the West for the mountain range in Bulgaria was in a letter sent in 1490 to Pope Innocent VIII by Buonaccorsi Callimaco , an Italian humanist, writer and ...
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Syldavia: Balkan monarchy featured in four stories of The Adventures of Tintin, neighbouring Borduria. Sylvania: a country ruled by Queen Louise in the film The Love Parade. The name is also used in the Marx Brothers' film Duck Soup. It was the country which attacked Freedonia.
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Pages in category "Balkan countries" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albania; B.
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Flag Date Use Description 1995–2007: Former flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.