Europe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Proper noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ευρώπη (Evrope "Europa") a character in Greek mythology, possibly originally meaning "wide eyed", from ευρύς (evrys "wide") + ώπς (ops "eye, face, complexion").

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈjʊərəp/
• (US) IPA: /ˈjʊrəp/
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Singular Europe

Plural -

Europe

1. A political entity; the European Union.
2. A continent north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains many countries, including (in alphabetical order):

Albania Andorra Armenia (transcontinental) Azerbaijan (transcontinental) Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic or Czechia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany

Greece Georgia (transcontinental) Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan (transcontinental) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg FYR of Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia) Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands

Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia (transcontinental) San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (transcontinental) Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

[edit] Derived terms

• Central Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Northern Europe
• Southern Europe
• Western Europe

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• Eurabia
• Eurasia
• Euro
• Euro-
• Europa

[edit] Translations

European Union

see translations at European Union

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/ø.ʁɔp/ ^(help·info)

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Europe f.

1. Europe
2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

[edit] Derived terms

• Européen/Européenne
• européen/européenne

[edit] See also

• euro
• UE