Central European

See also: central-european

English

Etymology

From Central Europe +‎ -ean, or central +‎ European.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːən

Adjective

Central European (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
   • 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5:

     Who knows much about the venerable traditions of Central European kingdoms like Poland-Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary and their valiant struggles for freedom?

Translations

of or from Central Europe

• Belarusian: цэнтральнаеўрапе́йскі (centralʹnajeŭrapjéjski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中歐的／中欧的 (Zhōng-Ōu de)

• Czech: středoevropský (cs)
• Finnish: keskieurooppalainen (fi)
• French: centreuropéen (fr), médioeuropéen (fr)
• Georgian: ცენტრალურ ევროპული (cenṭralur evroṗuli), ცენტრალური ევროპის (cenṭraluri evroṗis)
• German: zentraleuropäisch, mitteleuropäisch (de)
• Greek: κεντροευρωπαϊκός (kentroevropaïkós)
• Hungarian: közép-európai (hu)
• Irish: Lár na hEorpa
• Italian: centroeuropeo, medieuropeo, mitteleuropeo (it)
• Japanese: 中欧の (Chūō no), 中央ヨーロッパの (Chūō-Yōroppa no)
• Polish: środkowoeuropejski (pl), centralnoeuropejski
• Romanian: central-european
• Russian: центра̀льноевропе́йский (ru) (centràlʹnojevropéjskij)
• Spanish: centroeuropeo
• Swedish: centraleuropeisk (sv), mellaneuropeisk
• Ukrainian: центра̀льноєвропе́йський (uk) (centràlʹnojevropéjsʹkyj)

Noun

Central European (plural Central Europeans)

1. A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.
   • 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5:

     Central Europeans also have in their heads a number of different historical maps and milestones that are not particularly well known outside the region or necessarily respected by their neighbors, and they still regularly use them as points of orientation.

   • 2003, Ivan T. Berend, History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, page xiii:

     Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene national elites have tried desperately to prove that their countries do not belong to the "East"; that they are, indeed, Central Europeans.

Translations

Central European person

• Czech: Středoevropan m, Středoevropanka f
• Finnish: keskieurooppalainen (fi)
• Georgian: ცენტრალური ევროპელი (cenṭraluri evroṗeli)
• German: Mitteleuropäer (de) m, Mitteleuropäerin (de) f
• Polish: Środkowy Europejczyk m, Środkowa Europejka f, Środkowoeuropejczyk m, Środkowoeuropejka f, centralny Europejczyk m, Centralna Europejka f
• Romanian: central-european m, central-europeană f
• Spanish: centroeuropeo m, centroeuropea f
• Swedish: centraleuropé (sv) c, mellaneuropé c
• Turkish: Orta Avrupalı