Europe vs Balkan Peninsula

Europe and Balkan Peninsula both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Europe	Yes	No	No	No
Balkan Peninsula	Yes	No	No	No

Europe (noun)	Balkan Peninsula (noun)
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 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles