Europe

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Europe

/ˈjʊə.ɹəp/ UK
/ˈjɔː.ɹəp/ UK
/ˈjɵː.ɹəp/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈjoː.ɹəp/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈjʉə.ɹəp/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈjoː.ɹəp/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈjʊɚ.əp/ US
/ˈjɝ.əp/ US
/ˈjʉ.rəp/ Scotland

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Europes

countable, uncountable A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean. 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.
countable, uncountable A political entity; the European Union. Al Mahlool, Fared (13 November 2021), “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2021, retrieved 13 Nov 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
Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
countable, uncountable International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe. Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: continent, latin, europeanism, european, pro-european, been, euro, europa, osce, coe, community, union, transport, the, continued, wild strawberry

Translations

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name continent

Español	Europa
한국어	유럽 Yureop, 구주 Guju, 구라파 Gurapa
日本語	ヨーロッパ Yōroppa, 欧羅巴 Yōroppa, 欧州 Ōshū
中文	歐洲 /欧洲 Ōuzhōu, 歐羅巴 /欧罗巴 Ōuluóbā
हिन्दी	यूरोप yūrop, युरोप yurop
Kiswahili	Ulaya, Uropa
Português	Europa
Français	Europe
Deutsch	Europa
Italiano	Europa
Ελληνικά	Ευρώπη Evrópi
Română	Europa
Русский	Евро́па Jevrópa
Tiếng Việt	Châu Âu, Âu
العربية	أُورُوبَّا ʔūrūbbā, أُورُوبَّة ʔūrūbba
עברית	אֵירוֹפָּה eirópa

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@misc{europe_2026,
  title = {Europe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/europe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}