europe
1. [ 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
Related terms: 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
2. [ noun ] (government) an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
Synonyms: EEC Common_Market ec eu european_community european_union European_Economic_Community
Examples:

"he took Britain into Europe"

Related terms: world_organization Germany France Italy Greece Denmark Ireland Netherlands UK Spain Portugal Luxembourg Belgium Finland
3. [ noun ] the nations of the European continent collectively
Examples:

"the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"

Related terms: collection
4. [ noun ] (government) an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
Synonyms: ec eec eu european_community european_economic_community european_union common_market
Examples:

"he took Britain into Europe"

Related terms: world_organization Germany France Sweden Italy Greece Denmark Spain Ireland UK Netherlands Portugal Belgium Austria Luxembourg Finland
Similar spelling:   Europa