Definition of balkan peninsula Balkan peninsula
Bal•kan Pen•in•su•la
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| balkan peninsula - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range | ||
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| europe the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" | ||
| balkan wars two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe | ||
| balkan country, balkan nation, balkan state any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula | ||
| albania, republic of albania a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula | ||
| croatia, hrvatska, republic of croatia a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991 | ||
| macedon, makedonija, macedonia the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria | ||
| thrace an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey | ||
| macedonia landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 | ||
| republic of turkey, turkey large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food | ||
| balkan mountain range, balkan mountains, balkans the Balkan countries collectively | ||
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