HyperDic: balagan

English > 1 sense of the word balagan:
NOUNstatebalagana word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
English > balagan: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
Example"it was utter and complete balagan!"
RegionSoviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSRA former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia
Broaderchaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvynessA state of extreme / extreme confusion and disorder

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