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    BALKAN COUNTRY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsulaplay

    Synonyms:

    Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("Balkan country" is a kind of...):

    European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Balkan country"):

    Greece (ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Albania; Republic of Albania (a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula)

    Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)

    Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

    Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)

    Holonyms ("Balkan country" is a part of...):

    Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)

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