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europe |
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[ noun ] (geography) 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 |
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continent
Continent
Eurasia
England
Germany
France
Poland
Italy
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Hungary
Iceland
Netherlands
European_country
Ireland
Scotland
Switzerland
Portugal
Bulgaria
War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
northern_Europe
Hundred_Years'_War
Scandinavia
Liechtenstein
Scandinavia
Seven_Years'_War
Luxembourg
Ethiopia
Thirty_Years'_War
ottoman_empire
austria-hungary
frisia
european_russia
San_Marino
Belarus
Lappland
Finland
Franco-Prussian_War
Monaco
tartary
Iberian_Peninsula
Estonia
Moldova
Roman_Empire
Baltic_State
Andorra
Latvia
Romania
Ukraine
Gibraltar
Austria
Scandinavian_country
War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
Low_Countries
Silesia
Flanders
Elbe
Belgium
Balkan_Peninsula
Northern_Ireland
slovak_republic
czech_republic
War_of_the_Grand_Alliance
Napoleonic_Wars
roman_republic
Wayland
serf
mercantilism
megalith
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[ noun ] (government) an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members |
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EEC
Common_Market
ec
eu
european_community
european_union
European_Economic_Community
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"he took Britain into Europe"
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world_organization
Germany
France
Italy
Greece
Denmark
Ireland
Netherlands
UK
Spain
Portugal
Luxembourg
Belgium
Finland
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3. |
[ noun ] the nations of the European continent collectively |
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"the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"
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collection
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4. |
[ noun ] (government) an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members |
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ec
eec
eu
european_community
european_economic_community
european_union
common_market
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Examples: |
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"he took Britain into Europe"
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world_organization
Germany
France
Sweden
Italy
Greece
Denmark
Spain
Ireland
UK
Netherlands
Portugal
Belgium
Austria
Luxembourg
Finland
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Similar spelling: |
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Europa
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