Europe

See also europe, europé, and Európé

English

World map showing the location of Europe (continent).

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurōpē).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjʊəɹəp/
• (US) IPA: /ˈjʊɹəp/

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Proper noun

Europe

1. 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.
2. A political entity; the European Union.
3. (UK, Ireland) Continental Europe, excluding the island nations.
4. (soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.
   • "Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again", ESPN (UK), 4 December 2012. Retrieved on 5 December 2012.

     Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

Derived terms

Central Europe Eastern Europe European

Northern Europe Southern Europe Western Europe

Related terms

• Eurabia
• Eurasia
• Euro
• Euro-
• Europa

Translations

European Union — see European Union

continent

• Afrikaans: Europa (af)
• Albanian: Evropa (sq)
• Antillean Creole: Éwop
• Arabic: أوروبا (ar) (’urúbba) f, أوربا (ar) (’urúbba) f, أوروبة (ar) (’urúbba) f
• Aragonese: Europa (an) f
• Armenian: Եվրոպա (hy) (Evropa)
• Asturian: Europa (ast) f
• Aymara: Iwrupa (ay)
• Azeri: Avropa (az)
• Basque: Europa (eu)
• Belarusian: Еўропа (be) (Jeŭrópa) f
• Bengali: ইউরোপ (bn) (iurop)
• Bulgarian: Европа (bg) (Evrópa) f
• Burmese: ဥရောပ (my) (u.raw:pa.)
• Catalan: Europa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歐洲 (cmn), 欧洲 (cmn) (Ōuzhōu)

• Czech: Evropa (cs) f
• Danish: Europa (da)
• Dutch: Europa (nl) n
• Esperanto: Eŭropo (eo)
• Estonian: Euroopa (et)
• Faroese: Evropa (fo) n
• Finnish: Eurooppa (fi)
• French: Europe (fr) f
• Galician: Europa (gl) f
• Georgian: ევროპა (ka) (evropa)
• German: Europa (de) n
• Greek: Ευρώπη (el) (Evrópi) f
• Gusii: Ng’umbu
• Haitian Creole: Ewòp
• Hebrew: אירופה (he) (Eiropa) f
• Hindi: यूरोप (hi) (yūrop)
• Hungarian: Európa (hu)
• Icelandic: Evrópa (is) f
• Interlingua: Europa (ia)
• Irish: Eoraip (ga) f
• Italian: Europa (it)
• Japanese: ヨーロッパ (ja) (Yōroppa), 欧羅巴 (ja) (Yōroppa) (ateji), 欧州 (ja) (Ōshū)
• Kazakh: Еуропа (kk) (Europa)
• Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (km) (əɨrop)
• Korean: 유럽 (ko) (Yureop), 구주 (ko) (Guju) (歐洲 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئه‌وروپا (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Европа (ky) (Evropa)
• Lao: ເອີລົບ (lo) (œlôp)
• Latin: Europa (la) f

• Latvian: Eiropa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Europa (lt) f
• Livonian: Eirōp
• Low German: Europa (nds), Uropa (nds)
• Luxembourgish: Europa (lb) f
• Macedonian: Европа (mk) (Évropa) f
• Malay: Eropah (ms)
• Maltese: Ewropa (mt) f
• Mauritian Creole: Lerop
• Mirandese: Ouropa f
• Moldavian: Еуропа (ro) f
• Nauruan: Uirope (na)
• Navajo: Béésh Bichʼahníí bikéyah
• North Frisian: Europa (Heligolandic)
• Norwegian: Europa (no)
• Occitan: Euròpa (oc) f
• Old English: Europa (ang) m
• Persian: اروپا (fa) (Orupâ), اورپا (fa) (Orupâ)
• Polish: Europa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Europa (pt) f
• Romanian: Europa (ro) f
• Romansch: Europa (rm) f
• Russian: Европа (ru) (Jevrópa) f
• Scottish Gaelic: an Roinn-Eòrpa (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Европа (sh) f, Еуропа (sh) f (Croatia)

  Roman: Evropa (sh) f, Europa (sh) f (Croatia)

• Silesian: Ojropa
• Sinhalese: යුරෝපය (si) (yurōpaya)
• Slovak: Európa (sk) f
• Slovene: Evrópa (sl) f
• Sotho: Yuropo (st)
• Spanish: Europa (es) f
• Swahili: Bara Uropa (sw)
• Swedish: Europa (sv)
• Tagalog: Europa (tl)
• Tajik: Аврупо (tg) (Avrupo)
• Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (ta) (airōppā)
• Telugu: ఐరోపా (te)
• Thai: ยุโรป (th) (yúrôop)
• Turkish: Avrupa (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýewropa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Європа (uk) (Jevrópa) f
• Urdu: یورپ (ur) (yūrop)
• Uzbek: Yevropa (uz)
• Vietnamese: Châu Âu (vi) (洲歐 (vi))
• Volapük: Yurop (vo)
• Welsh: Ewrop (cy) f
• Yiddish: אייראָפּע (yi) (Eyrope) f

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}

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French

Etymology

From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Europa), a character in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ø.ʁɔp/

Proper noun

Europe f

1. Europe
2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Derived terms

• Européen/Européenne
• européen/européenne

See also

• euro
• UE