European
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
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native to or derived from Europe.
traditional European customs; European languages.
noun
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Europeans
plural
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a native or inhabitant of Europe.
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a person of European descent.
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(in East Africa and Asia) a white person; Caucasian.
adjective
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of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants
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native to or derived from Europe
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Europe
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a person of European descent
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a supporter of the European Union or of political union of the countries of Europe or a part of it
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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Europeanismnoun
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anti-Europeanadjective
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inter-Europeanadjective
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non-Europeanadjective
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pro-Europeanadjective
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pseudo-Europeanadjective
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un-Europeanadjective
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Europeanlyadverb
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of European
Example Sentences
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"July 2026 was the third consecutive month of exceptional heat in western Europe," said Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
And the European Union’s free-travel area made it easy to fly to the continent and hop between countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Transport, irrigation and energy production has been impacted in several European countries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ipswich made 39 permanent first-team signings during McKenna's four-and-a-half-year reign, 32 of them either born or raised in Britain or Ireland, with just two joining directly from European clubs.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
As the European nations chose up sides, they were busily arming themselves.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Some of the specimens may date back to the arrival of the first Europeans and the establishment of the city during the 1840s.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, across the pond, Europeans are battling their own record-breaking wildfires in the U.K.,
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Defiant and electrifying, it carries a surprising undercurrent of optimism - while songs like Trance State and Dancing with the Europeans rank among the band's best work.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It was Europeans having this experience about ranch and Americans reacting to that European experience,” said Sadie Dorf, Hidden Valley’s social-media manager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
New World societies had just begun making bronze artifacts and had not yet started making iron ones at the time when the arrival of Europeans truncated the New World’s independent trajectory.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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