1. Balkan Peninsula - Noun
2. Balkan Peninsula - Proper noun
a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
Source: WordNetThe first Greek-speaking people in the southern Balkan Peninsula arrived in Macedonia, Thessaly, and Epirus sometime after 2600 B.C. and developed, probably due to the extreme mountainous nature of the country, their several different dialects. David Noel Freedman
If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula. Pat Buchanan
Owing to the hyperhumid climate on their western sides, the Montenegrin mountain ranges were among the most ice-eroded parts of the Balkan Peninsula during the last glacial period. Source: Internet
At the "Arirang, Song of Joy and Sorrow" by Hareem and the Blue Camel Ensemble on July 21, the musicians play Korean folk songs and modern pop songs as well as music from the Middle East, central Asia and the Balkan Peninsula with exotic instruments. Source: Internet
In the southeast of Europe, Bulgaria sits at the east end of the Balkan Peninsula. Source: Internet
Minister Dacic presented his French counterpart with the reprint edition of a book by Jovan Cvijic from 1918 "Balkan Peninsula and Southern European Peoples", as well as with the gold coin devoted to our grand army commander Zivojin Misic. Source: Internet