noun
1. the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
• Syn: ↑Balkan Mountains, ↑Balkan Mountain Range
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain, ↑chain of mountains
• Part Holonyms: ↑Balkan Peninsula
2. a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
• Syn: ↑Balkan Peninsula
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑peninsula
• Part Holonyms: ↑Europe
• Member Meronyms: ↑Balkan
• Part Meronyms:
↑Balkan Wars, ↑Balkan country, ↑Balkan nation, ↑Balkan state, ↑Albania, ↑Republic of Albania, ↑Croatia, ↑Republic of Croatia, ↑Hrvatska, ↑Macedon, ↑Macedonia, ↑Makedonija, ↑Thrace, ↑Turkey, ↑Republic of Turkey, ↑Balkan Mountains, ↑Balkan Mountain Range
3. the Balkan countries collectively
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.