Europe vs Balkans

Europe and Balkans both are nouns.

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

Europe (noun)	Balkans (noun)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members	the Balkan countries collectively
the nations of the European continent collectively	a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
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	the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula