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Definition of Europe

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. "He tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"

3. Noun. The nations of the European continent collectively. "The Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"

Definition of Europe

1. Proper noun. The westernmost portion of Eurasia, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean. ¹

2. Proper noun. A political entity; the European Union. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Europe

Eurocrem Eurocurrency Eurodance Eurodeputies Eurodeputy Eurodollar Eurodollars Eurofag Euroland Eurolinguistics

Euronesian Euronithopoda Europa Europan Europanto Europe (current term) European European Central Bank European Commission European Commissioner

European Commissioners European Community European Economic Community European Law Enforcement Organisation European Parliament European Parliaments European Portuguese European Recovery Program European Russia European Shorthair

Literary usage of Europe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"One entering Russia from Europe (it must be remembered that the Russian crossing the western frontier speaks always of " going to Europe ") has first to ..."

2. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1815 by John Holland Rose (1895)
"The conflict with monarchical Europe is therefore the central fact of the revolution, determining not only the trend of events in France, ..."

3. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1888)
"The diplomatic situation in Europe will also be considered in so far as it ... The eyes of Europe were no longer directed to the skies, but turned on the ..."

4. Modern European History by Hutton Webster (1920)
"The Geography of Europe HISTORY, which begins in western Asia and Egypt, for the last twenty-five centuries has centered in Europe. ..."

5. Modern European History by Charles Downer Hazen (1917)
"What was Europe in? One thing, at least, it was not: it was not a unity. ... The States of the Church were theo- Europe in cratic; capricious and ..."

6. Handbook of the European War by Corinne Bacon (1914)
"Europe BEFORE THE WAR The sovereignty of a nation over territory is not like the individual property claim which can be upheld in a court of law; ..."

7. Modern European History by Charles Downer Hazen (1917)
"What was Europe in? One thing, at least, it was not: it was not a unity. ... The States of the Church were theo- Europe in cratic; capricious and cruel ..."

8. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"However the nations of Europe may have diverged from each other in idiom of speech, character, and institution, there is not one of them whose genius can be ..."

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