Europe

See also: europe, europé, Europę, Európe, and Európé

English

World map showing the location of Europe (continent).

Etymology

From Middle English Europe, from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). Doublet of Europa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹəp/, /ˈjɔː.ɹəp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɚ.əp/, /ˈjɝ.əp/

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈjʉə.ɹəp/, /ˈjoː.ɹəp/

Proper noun

Europe

2. 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.
3. A political entity; the European Union.
   • Al Mahlool, Fared (2021 November 13) “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter‎^[1], Twitter, retrieved 13 November 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 being allowed to enter Europe.”
4. (UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
5. (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 book title or journal name)‎^[2], ESPN (UK), 2012 December 4, retrieved 5 December 2012

     Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

Hypernyms

• Eurasia

Hyponyms

• Alps
• Apennine Peninsula; Italian Peninsula
• Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
• Baltic
• Benelux; Low Countries
• British Isles; Islands of the North Atlantic
• Carpathians
• Caucasus (transcontinental)
• Central Europe
• continental Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Iberia; Iberian Peninsula
• Northern Europe
• Pyrenees
• Scandinavia
• Southern Europe
• Western Europe

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Derived terms

• breadbasket of Europe
• Eurabia
• Euro
• europate
• European
• Europe shop
• europium
• Europistan
• Eurostan
• Neo-Europe

Related terms

• Eurabia
• Eurasia
• Euro
• Euro-
• Europa

Descendants

• → Hindi: यूरोप (yūrop)
• → Korean: 유럽 (Yureop)
• → Marathi: यूरोप (yūrop)
• → Malay: Eropah (ايروڤه)
• → Nepali: यूरोप (yūrop)
• → Sanskrit: यूरोप (yūropa)
• → Telugu: యూరప్ (yūrap)
• → Urdu: یُورَپ (yūrap)
• → Yoruba: Yúróòpù
• → Classical Persian: اُرُوپَا (urūpā)

Translations

continent

• Abkhaz: Европа (Evropʼa)
• Acehnese: Iërupa
• Afrikaans: Europa (af)
• Akan: Yurop
• Albanian: Evropë f, Evropa (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: አውሮፓ (ʾäwropa)
• Antillean Creole: Éwop
• Arabic: أُورُوبَّا (ar) f (ʔūrūbbā), أُورُبَّا f (ʔūrubbā), أُورُوبَّة f (ʔūrūbba)

  Egyptian Arabic: أوروبا f (ʔurupa, ʔuruba)

  Hijazi Arabic: أوربّا f (ʔōrubba, ʔōruppa)

• Aragonese: Europa f
• Armenian: Եվրոպա (hy) (Evropa)
• Assamese: ইউৰোপ (iurüp)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܪܝܦܝ (w-rip)
• Asturian: Europa (ast) f
• Aymara: Iwrupa (ay)
• Azerbaijani: Avropa (az), Ovropa (archaism)
• Banjarese: Irupa
• Bashkir: Европа (Yevropa), (obsolete) Аурупа (Awrupa)
• Basque: Europa (eu)
• Belarusian: Еўро́па f (Jeŭrópa), Эўро́па f (Eŭrópa) (Taraškievica Orthography)
• Bengali: ইউরোপ (bn) (iurōp)
• Bulgarian: Евро́па (bg) f (Evrópa)
• Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)
• Buryat: Европо (Jevropo)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Евро́па f (Evrópa)
• Catalan: Europa (ca) f
• Chechen: Европа (Jevropa), Йивроп (Jivrop)
• Chichewa: Ulaya
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歐洲／欧洲 (au¹ zau¹)

  Eastern Min: 歐洲／欧洲 (Ĕu-ciŭ)

  Hakka: 歐洲／欧洲 (Êu-chû)

  Hokkien: 歐洲／欧洲 (zh-min-nan) (Au-chiu)

  Mandarin: 歐洲／欧洲 (zh) (Ōuzhōu), 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (zh) (Ōuluóbā) (dated)

  Wu: 歐洲／欧洲 (¹eu-tseu)

• Corsican: Europa f, Auropa f
• Czech: Evropa (cs) f
• Danish: Europa (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޔޫރަޕު (yūrapu)
• Dutch: Europa (nl) n
• Erzya: Эвропа (Evropa), Явропа (Javropa)
• Esperanto: Eŭropo (eo)
• Estonian: Euroopa (et)
• Farefare: Europa
• Faroese: Evropa n
• Finnish: Eurooppa (fi)
• French: Europe (fr) f
• Galician: Europa (gl) f
• Georgian: ევროპა (ka) (evroṗa)
• German: Europa (de) n
• Greek: Ευρώπη (el) f (Evrópi)

  Ancient: Εὐρώπη f (Eurṓpē)

• Gujarati: યુરોપ (yurop)
• Gusii: Ng’umbu
• Haitian Creole: Ewòp
• Haryanvi: ऐ़रूप
• Hausa: Turai (ha)
• Hawaiian: ʻEulopa
• Hebrew: אֵירוֹפָּה (he) f (eirópa)
• Hiligaynon: Ewropa
• Hindi: यूरोप (hi) (yūrop), युरोप (hi) m (yurop)
• Hungarian: Európa (hu)
• Icelandic: Evrópa (is) f
• Ido: Europa (io)
• Igbo: Iroopu
• Indonesian: Eropa (id)
• Interlingua: Europa (ia)
• Irish: Eoraip (ga) f
• Italian: Europa (it)
• Japanese: ヨーロッパ (ja) (Yōroppa), 欧羅巴 (ja) (Yōroppa) (ateji), 欧州 (ja) (おうしゅう, Ōshū)
• Kabardian: Еуропэ (Jewuropɛ)
• Kannada: ಯುರೋಪ್ (kn) (yurōp)
• Kashubian: Eùropa f
• Kazakh: Еуропа (kk) (Europa)
• Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (km) (ʼəɨrop)
• Komi-Permyak: Европа (Jevropa)
• Komi-Zyrian: Европа (Jevropa)
• Korean: 유럽 (ko) (Yureop), 구주(歐洲) (ko) (Guju), 구라파(歐羅巴) (ko) (Gurapa) (dated)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەوروپا (ewrupa)

  Northern Kurdish: Ewropa (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Европа (ky) (Yevropa)
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• Lao: ເອີລົບ (ʼœ̄ lop), ເອີຣົບ (lo) (ʼœ̄ rop) (dated)
• Latin: Eurōpa (la) f
• Latvian: Eiropa (lv) f
• Ligurian: Eoröpa
• Lithuanian: Europa (lt) f
• Livonian: Eirōp
• Low German: Europa (nds), Uropa
• Lü: ᦵᦁᦲᧁᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (ʼoew¹tsoew¹)
• Luxembourgish: Europa (lb) f
• Macedonian: Европа f (Evropa)
• Malay: Eropah (ms)
• Malayalam: യൂറോപ്പ് (ml) (yūṟōppŭ)
• Maltese: L-Ewropa f
• Manx: Oarpey
• Maori: Ūropi (mi)
• Marathi: युरोप (yurop)
• Mauritian Creole: Lerop
• Middle English: Europe
• Mirandese: Ouropa f
• Moksha: Европа (Jevropa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Европ (mn) (Jevrop)

  Mongolian: ᠧᠦ᠋ᠷᠣᠫᠠ (ēüropa)

• Moore: Yerope, yerope, Nasaar-tẽnga
• Nahuatl: Europan
• Nauruan: Uirope
• Navajo: Tó Wónaanídi Bilagáana Bikéyah
• Nepali: युरोप (yurop)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ulaya class 11
• North Frisian: Europa (Heligolandic)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Europa (no) n

  Nynorsk: Europa (nn) n

• Occitan: Euròpa (oc) f
• Odia: ୟୁରୋପ (yuropô)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Єѵрѡпа f (Eüropa) (modern)

  Glagolitic: Ⰵⱛⱃⱉⱂⰰ f (Eüropa)

• Ossetian: Европӕ (Evropæ)
• Pashto: اروپا (ps) f (orupā), يورپ (ps) m (yurop)
• Persian:

  Dari: اُرُوپَا (fa) (urūpā)

  Iranian Persian: اُروپا (fa) (orupâ)

• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Urup
• Polish: Europa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Europa (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਯੂਰਪ (yūrap)
• Romanian: Europa (ro) f

  Cyrillic: Еуропа (ro) f (Europa)

• Romansch: Europa f
• Russian: Евро́па (ru) f (Jevrópa)
• Sanskrit: आरूप (ārūpa)
• Scots: Europe
• Scottish Gaelic: an Roinn-Eòrpa f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Евро́па f, Еуро́па f (Croatia)

  Roman: Evrópa (sh) f, Európa (sh) f (Croatia)

• Silesian: Ojropa
• Sinhalese: යුරෝපය (si) (yurōpaya)
• Slovak: Európa (sk) f
• Slovene: Evrópa (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Europa f

  Upper Sorbian: Europa (hsb) f

• Sotho: Yuropo
• Spanish: Europa (es) f
• Sukuma: bulaya
• Swahili: Ulaya, Uropa (rare)
• Swedish: Europa (sv) n
• Tagalog: Europa (tl)
• Tajik: Аврупо (tg) (Avrupo)
• Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (ta) (airōppā)
• Tatar: Аурупа (Awrupa)
• Telugu: ఐరోపా (te) (airōpā), యూరప్ (yūrap)
• Thai: ยุโรป (th) (yú-ròop)
• Tibetan: ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང (yo rob gling)
• Tigrinya: ኤውሮጳ (ʾewrop̣a)
• Turkish: Avrupa (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýewropa
• Udmurt: Европа (JEvropa)
• Ukrainian: Євро́па (uk) f (Jevrópa)
• Urdu: یُورَپ m (yūrap)
• Uyghur: ياۋروپا (yawropa)
• Uzbek: Yevropa (uz)
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Châu Âu (vi) (洲歐), Âu (vi) (歐)
• Volapük: Yurop (vo)
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: Urope (wa) f
• Welsh: Ewrop (cy) f
• West Frisian: Jeropa (fy) n, Europa (fy) n
• Yakut: Европа (YEvropa)
• Yiddish: אייראָפּע f (eyrope)
• Yoruba: Yúróòpù
• Zhuang: Ouhcouh

European Union — see European Union

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, Central America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

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

   Synonym: Vieux Continent

2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Derived terms

• Conseil de l’Europe
• Europe centrale
• Européen
• européen
• Européenne
• européenne
• séné d’Europe

 

See also

• (continents) continent; Afrique, Amérique (Amérique du Nord, Amérique du Sud), Antarctique, Asie, Australie, Europe, Océanie ^{(Category: fr:Continents)}
• euro
• UE

Friulian

Proper noun

Europe f

1. Europe (a continent)

Related terms

• european

See also

• (continents) continent; Afriche, Americhe, Asie, Australie, Europe, Oceanie ^{(Category: fur:Continents)}

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈroː.peː/, [ɛu̯ˈroːpeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈro.pe/, [eu̯ˈrɔːpe]

Proper noun

Eurōpē f sg (genitive Eurōpēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Eurōpa

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

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

Middle English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛu̯ˈrɔːp(ə)/

Proper noun

Europe

1. Europe (continent)
2. Europa (Greek goddess)

Descendants

• English: Europe, Europa (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: Europe