Balkans

n. Balkan States, countries located on the Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and the European part of Turkey)

n. native or resident of the Balkan Peninsula

The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km² and an approximate population of 55 million people. The archaic Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula is the Peninsula of Haemus (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou). The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia.
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n. Balkan, Balkans, Balkan States, countries located on the Balkan Peninsula (Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and the European part of Turkey)

n. Balkans, countries located on the Balkan Peninsula (Yugoslavia, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and the European part of Turkey)

Noun
1. the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
(synonym) Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range
(hypernym) range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
(part-holonym) Balkan Peninsula, Balkans
2. a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
(synonym) Balkan Peninsula
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Europe
(member-meronym) Balkan
(part-meronym) Balkan Wars
3. the Balkan countries collectively
(hypernym) European country, European nation