Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balkans

3 senses of balkans

Sense 1
Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range -- (the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula)
       INSTANCE OF=> range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains -- (a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range")

Sense 2
Balkan Peninsula, Balkans -- (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)
       INSTANCE OF=> peninsula -- (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Sense 3
Balkans -- (the Balkan countries collectively)
       INSTANCE OF=> European country, European nation -- (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balkan

1 sense of balkan

Sense 1
Balkan -- (an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula)
       => European -- (a native or inhabitant of Europe)