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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
The Balkans on Encyclopaedia Brittanica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Balkans
Balkan Etymology: https://forum.wordreference.com/threa...
Romania Etymology: https://linguistics.byu.edu/classes/L...
Bucharest: https://romaniatourstore.com/blog/tra...
Slovenia Etymology: https://www.quora.com/Whatstheetymo...
Ljubljana: https://izi.travel/en/5a08theorigin....
Croatia: https://www.etymonline.com/word/croatia
Zagreb: https://www.croatiaweek.com/howcroat....
Bosnia: https://www.etymonline.com/word/bosnia
Herzegovina: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Herze...
Sarajevo: https://www.etymonline.com/word/sarajevo
Montenegro: http://treasuresindisguise.net/mont...
Podgorica: https://www.itinari.com/goricahilla...
Serbia: https://forum.wordreference.com/threa...
Belgrade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade
Kosovo: https://www.indexmundi.com/kosovo/cou...
Bulgaria Etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/bulgaria
Sofia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia
Macedonia: https://www.etymonline.com/word/maced...
Skopje: https://www.names.org/n/skopje/about#....
Albania: https://www.etymonline.com/word/albania
Tirana: http://www.worldmayor.com/worldmayor_...