Balkans vs Europe

Balkans and Europe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Balkans	Yes	No	No	No
Europe	Yes	No	No	No

Balkans (noun)	Europe (noun)
the Balkan countries collectively	an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range	the nations of the European continent collectively
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles