Balkan Peninsula

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noun

a peninsula in S Europe, S of the Danube River and bordered by the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Black seas.

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Words nearby Balkan Peninsula

Balkan, Balkan frame, balkanization, Balkanize, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Peninsula, Balkans, Balkan States, Balkan War, Balkar, Balkh

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How to use Balkan Peninsula in a sentence

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. Tyler
For the principal geological formations see Balkan Peninsula.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various
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 Semple
The 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. Benezet

In the Balkan Peninsula railroad facilities are still ill provided for.
The Railroad Question|William Larrabee

British Dictionary definitions for Balkan Peninsula

Balkan Peninsula

noun

a large peninsula in SE Europe, between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas

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Cultural definitions for Balkan Peninsula

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.)