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See also: europe, europé, Europę, Európe, and Európé

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle English Europe, a learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa). Doublet of Europa.

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    Europe (countable and uncountable, plural Europes)

    2. A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.
      • 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 2 December 2023:
        Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
    3. A political entity; the European Union.
      • Al Mahlool, Fared (13 November 2021), “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter‎[2], Twitter, archived from the original on 13 November 2021, retrieved 13 November 2021: “French politician Julien Odoul says he would prefer the cold death of migrants stranded behind barbed wire on the Belarus-Poland border, rather than being allowed to enter Europe.”
    4. (UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
    5. (soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.
      • 2012 December 4, “Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in ESPN‎[3], ESPN (UK), archived from the original on 17 October 2019, retrieved 5 December 2012:
        Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

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    countries in Europe (appendix)edit

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    continentsedit

    French

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa), a character in Greek mythology.

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    Europe f (plural Europes)

    1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
      Synonym: Vieux Continent
    2. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)

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    • ⇒ Mauritian Creole: Lerop

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    continents: continentsedit

    Friulian

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    Proper noun

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    Europe f

    1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
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    continents: continentedit

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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      Eurōpē f sg (genitive Eurōpēs); first declension

      1. alternative form of Eurōpa:
        1. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
        2. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

      Declension

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      First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

      singular
      nominative Eurōpē
      genitive Eurōpēs
      dative Eurōpae
      accusative Eurōpēn
      ablative Eurōpē
      vocative Eurōpē
      locative Eurōpēs

      Middle English

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      Etymology

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        Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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        Europe

        1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
        2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)

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