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Pertaining to Europe, especially as a political entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Pertaining to the European Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Denominated in a currency other than that of the country in which it is issued.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: business, finance
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Alternative letter-case form of Euro-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, morpheme
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History
Shortened unetymologically from Europe or Europo- in compounds. 20th-century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc. An early attestation is the 1911 title The "Euro-Asian" or "Anglo-Indian", but the word Eurasian is attested in English from 1844. In finance, the term is a generalisation of Eurobond, which originally referred to bonds denominated in dollars but issued in Europe.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
