Vi fant 5 definisjoner av europe på engelsk.
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| Europe - 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 | ||
| eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia | ||
| occident, west a location in the western part of a country, region, or city | ||
| holy roman empire | ||
| continent the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there" | ||
| european country, european nation any one of the countries occupying the European continent | ||
| scandinavian country, scandinavian nation any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia | ||
| balkan peninsula, balkans a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range | ||
| bulgaria, republic of bulgaria a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe | ||
| czech republic a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993 | ||
| czechoslovakia a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 | ||
| slovak republic, slovakia a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993 | ||
| northern europe the northernmost countries of Europe | ||
| scandinavia a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian | ||
| scandinavian peninsula, scandinavia a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian | ||
| deutschland, frg, germany, federal republic of germany a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 | ||
| finland, republic of finland, suomi republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917 | ||
| ellas, hellenic republic, greece a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil | ||
| roman republic | ||
| roman empire | ||
| italia, italian republic, italy a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD | ||
| romania, roumania, rumania a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea | ||
| austria-hungary a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I | ||
| austria, oesterreich, republic of austria a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century | ||
| flanders a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands | ||
| belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization | ||
| england a division of the United Kingdom | ||
| northern ireland a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland | ||
| eire, irish republic, republic of ireland, ireland an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland | ||
| scotland one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts | ||
| french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe | ||
| holland, kingdom of the netherlands, nederland, netherlands, the netherlands a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level | ||
| frisia an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands | ||
| hungary, magyarorszag, republic of hungary a republic in central Europe | ||
| republic of iceland, iceland a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle | ||
| lapland, lappland a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps | ||
| liechtenstein, principality of liechtenstein a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland | ||
| grand duchy of luxembourg, luxembourg, luxemburg a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center | ||
| monaco, principality of monaco a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera | ||
| tartary, tatary the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean" | ||
| poland, polska, republic of poland a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II | ||
| iberian peninsula, iberia a peninsula in southwestern Europe | ||
| portugal, portuguese republic a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil) | ||
| republic of san marino, san marino the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy | ||
| european russia the part of Russia that is part of Europe | ||
| belarus, belorussia, byelarus, byelorussia, republic of belarus, white russia a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet | ||
| baltic republic, baltic state European countries bordering the Baltic Sea | ||
| esthonia, estonia, republic of estonia a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea | ||
| latvia, republic of latvia a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea | ||
| moldavia, moldova, republic of moldova a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 | ||
| ukraine, ukrayina a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century | ||
| andorra, principality of andorra a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France | ||
| espana, kingdom of spain, spain a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power | ||
| calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules | ||
| schweiz, suisse, svizzera, swiss confederation, switzerland a landlocked federal republic in central Europe | ||
| ottoman empire, turkish empire a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire | ||
| low countries the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands | ||
| schlesien, slask, slezsko, silesia a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | ||
| elbe, elbe river a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea | ||
| Europe - the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" | ||
| aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection the act of accumulating | ||
| europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" | ||
| European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe | ||
| global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization an international alliance involving many different countries | ||
