The name for the region in antiquity: Hellas
Name of the inhabitants in antiquity: Hellenes, Ionians, Argives, Mycenians, Έλληνες
Ancient name of the region: Peninsula of Haemus
Modern name of the region: Balkans
Modern name of the country: the Hellenic Republic
A person from Hellas: Hellene, Έλληνες
Slave name used by the Ottomon's: Greek
The region takes its name from the "Balkan" mountain range in Bulgaria (from the Turkish balkan meaning "a chain of wooded mountains")
An English traveler, John Morritt, introduced this term into the English literature at the end of the 18th century, and other authors started applying the name to the wider area between the Adriatic and the Black Sea. The concept of the "Balkan peninsula" was created by the German geographer August Zeune in 1808.
