Europe

[ yoor-uhp, yur- yoo-roh-pee, yuh- ]

noun

1. a continent in the western part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the east and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian Seas on the southeast. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 square miles (10,404,000 square kilometers).
2. Classical Mythology. Europa ( def 1 ).

Europe

/ ˈjʊərəp /

noun

1. the second smallest continent, forming the W extension of Eurasia: the border with Asia runs from the Urals to the Caspian and the Black Sea. The coastline is generally extremely indented and there are several peninsulas (notably Scandinavia, Italy, and Iberia) and offshore islands (including the British Isles and Iceland). It contains a series of great mountain systems in the south (Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Caucasus), a large central plain, and a N region of lakes and mountains in Scandinavia. Pop: 724 722 000 (2005 est). Area: about 10 400 000 sq km (4 000 000 sq miles)
2. the continent of Europe except for the British Isles

   we're going to Europe for our holiday

3. the European Union

   when did Britain go into Europe?

4. a type of dinghy, designed to be sailed by one person

Europe

1. Continent that is actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia .

Other Words From

• an·ti-Eu·rope adjective
• pro-Eu·rope adjective

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the fact that Lightspeed is formally putting more people on the ground in Europe should come as no surprise to close watchers of the ecosystem here.

From TechCrunch

It was a welcome replacement from Europe’s mainstay, honey, and the early artificial sweeteners used by the Romans, which contained near-lethal doses of lead.

From TechCrunch

Europe was a century or more ahead of us in embracing guiding.

From Outside Online

In the North Atlantic, most important is the transport of heat northward, which has a moderating effect on Europe’s climate in particular.

From Washington Post

In Europe, where the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is available in addition to the ones from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, societal debate has flared over whether people should be able to choose which vaccine they get.

From Washington Post

Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).

From The Daily Beast

He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.

From The Daily Beast

Newspapers around Europe have also done so in solidarity with the slain.

From The Daily Beast

An additonal 30,000 made it to Europe by other routes including commercial flights and dangerous overland passages.

From The Daily Beast

This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.

From The Daily Beast

And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.

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In Cuba its culture commenced in 1580, and from this and the other islands large quantities were shipped to Europe.

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The America that they annexed to Europe was merely a new domain added to a world already old.

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Father made me promise, just before he died, that if ever I visited Europe I would look her up.

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