Balkan Peninsula
a peninsula in S Europe, S of the Danube River and bordered by the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Black seas.
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Apparently they were still more numerous in the valley of the Danube and in the Balkan Peninsula.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerFor the principal geological formations see Balkan Peninsula.
In the Balkan Peninsula to-day the descendants of the ancient Hellenes are, with few exceptions, confined to the coast.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill SempleThe descendants of these people are to be found today throughout the Balkan Peninsula, though mainly in the large cities.
The World War and What was Behind It | Louis P. BenezetIn the Balkan Peninsula railroad facilities are still ill provided for.
The Railroad Question | William Larrabee
British Dictionary definitions for Balkan Peninsula
a large peninsula in SE Europe, between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas
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Cultural definitions for Balkan Peninsula
Peninsula in southeastern Europe between the Ionian Sea and Adriatic Sea on the west, the Mediterranean Sea on the south, and the Aegean Sea and Black Sea on the east. The nations of the Balkan Peninsula include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, and the former Yugoslavia. The European portion of Turkey is also on the Balkan Peninsula. (See also Balkanization.)
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