Europe

See also: europe, europé, Európe, and Európé

English

World map showing the location of Europe (continent).

Etymology

From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), of uncertain origin, but either from:

Pronunciation

  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈjʊ(ə)ɹəp/, /ˈjʉəɹɘp/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəp/, /ˈjɔːɹəp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹəp/, /ˈjɝəp/
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Proper noun

Europe

  1. The portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean.
    How can Europe exist without the European Union?
  2. A political entity; the European Union.
  3. (Britain, Ireland) Continental Europe, typically the western portion, and excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
  4. (soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.
    • “Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in (Please provide the title of the work), ESPN (UK), 4 December 2012, 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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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ø.ʁɔp/
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Proper noun

Europe f

  1. Europe
  2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eurōpē f (genitive Eurōpēs); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of Eurōpa

Inflection

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Eurōpē
Genitive Eurōpēs
Dative Eurōpae
Accusative Eurōpēn
Ablative Eurōpē
Vocative Eurōpē
Locative Eurōpae

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