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BALKAN STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
Synonyms:
Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("Balkan state" 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 state"):
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 state" is a part of...):
Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)
