Kalmar "Al'ummar Balkan" yawanci tana nufin kowace ƙasa da ke cikin yankin Balkan na kudu maso gabashin Turai. Wadannan kasashe sun hada da Albaniya, Bosnia da Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Girka, Kosovo, Montenegro, Arewacin Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, da Slovenia.Kalmar "Balkan" ta fito ne daga kalmar Turkiyya "balkan" wadda ta fito daga kalmar "balkan". yana nufin "dutse" ko "tudu". Tsibirin Balkan dai ya shahara da tsaunuka, wanda a tarihi ya sanya sufuri da sadarwa cikin wahala, kuma ya ba da gudummawa wajen banbance al'adu da siyasa a yankin.