Europe
Americannoun
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a continent in the western part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the east and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian Seas on the southeast. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 square miles (10,404,000 square kilometers).
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Classical Mythology. Europa.
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the second smallest continent, forming the W extension of Eurasia: the border with Asia runs from the Urals to the Caspian and the Black Sea. The coastline is generally extremely indented and there are several peninsulas (notably Scandinavia, Italy, and Iberia) and offshore islands (including the British Isles and Iceland). It contains a series of great mountain systems in the south (Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Caucasus), a large central plain, and a N region of lakes and mountains in Scandinavia. Pop: 724 722 000 (2005 est). Area: about 10 400 000 sq km (4 000 000 sq miles)
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the continent of Europe except for the British Isles
we're going to Europe for our holiday
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the European Union
when did Britain go into Europe?
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a type of dinghy, designed to be sailed by one person
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Already, the company has closed more than 600 stores in North America and Europe and laid off hundreds of non-retail employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Leica still builds its cameras largely in Europe, producing just 45 of its top-selling M models a day at its Wetzlar factory, and has posted record sales in four of the past five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz narrowly avoided back-to-back singles defeats for the first time in 18 months as Team Europe took a 7-5 lead over Team World at the Laver Cup.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Its presence suggests that Lady 56 may have completed one of medieval Europe's most famous pilgrimages, traveling thousands of kilometers across the continent to the western edge of Christian Europe before eventually returning home.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Germany would also lose large chunks of territory to Belgium and other neighboring states, to newly independent Poland, and to other newborn nations created by Allied statesmen as they redrew the map of Europe.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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