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What is the correct form of possessive determiner in this case, Balkan or Balkans? Google results are not helping much with this, it doesn't seem consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans
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Balkansdv wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:50 am What is the correct form of possessive determiner in this case, Balkan or Balkans? Google results are not helping much with this, it doesn't seem consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans
The basic possessive determiners are:
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
see https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/det ... essive.htm

Can you give some examples of what you are trying to say regarding Balkan/s?
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I made a mistake there, don't know what was I thinking. My bad, sorry.

To make things simpler, I have a few examples:
Balkan(s) statistics
Balkan(s) report (e.g. Balkan(s) economic report)
Balkan(s) data (e.g. Balkan(s) data portal)

What is the correct form in these cases, "Balkan" or "Balkans"?

Also, I've found this:
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudataviz

If I would like to put Balkan(s) instead of EU - should it be Balkans DataViz or Balkan DataViz?
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When using a proper noun as a modifier, we most typically do not change its form (cf. a Shakespeare play, a Beatles record, etc.).

Thus, the most logical choice would be e.g. a Balkans economic forecast to mean 'an economic forecast relating to the Balkans'.
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