Standard Lemma guide

Europe

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • England: /ˈjʊə.ɹəp/
  • England: /ˈjɔː.ɹəp/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈjɵːɹəp/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈjɔːɹəp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈjʉə.ɹəp/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈjoː.ɹəp/
  • US: /ˈjʊɚ.əp/
  • US: /ˈjɝ.əp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈjʉ.rəp/
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UH1 R AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A political entity; the European Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Al Mahlool, Fared (13 November 2021), “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter, retrieved 13 Nov 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.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the nations of the European continent collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

6

noun

Meaning 6

an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization

7

noun

Meaning 7

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: continent

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Europe, a learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa). Doublet of Europa.

Across languages

Translations

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Европа (Evropʼa) — continent
  • Acehnese: Iërupa — continent
  • Afrikaans: Europa — continent
  • Akan: Yurop — continent
  • Albanian: Evropë — continent
  • Albanian: Evropa — continent
  • Amharic: አውሮፓ (ʾäwropa) — continent
  • Antillean Creole: Éwop — continent
  • Arabic: أُورُوبَّا (ʔūrūbbā) — continent
  • Arabic: أُورُوبَّة (ʔūrūbba) — continent
  • Arabic: أوروبا (ʔūrūbbā) — continent
  • Arabic: أوروبا (ʔūrūbbā) — continent
  • Aragonese: Europa — continent
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܪܝܦܝ (w-rip) — continent
  • Armenian: Եվրոպա (Evropa) — continent
  • Assamese: ইউৰোপ (iurüp) — continent
  • Asturian: Europa — continent
  • Aymara: Iwrupa — continent
  • Azerbaijani: Avropa — continent
  • Azerbaijani: Ovropa — continent
  • Banjarese: Irupa — continent
  • Bashkir: Европа (Yevropa) — continent
  • Bashkir: Аурупа (Awrupa) — continent
  • Basque: Europa — continent
  • Belarusian: Еўро́па (Jewrópa) — continent
  • Belarusian: Эўро́па (Ewrópa) — continent
  • Bengali: ইউরোপ (iurōp) — continent
  • Bulgarian: Евро́па (Evrópa) — continent
  • Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.) — continent
  • Buryat: Европо (Jevropo) — continent
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Евро́па (Evrópa) — continent
  • Catalan: Europa — continent
  • Chechen: Европа (Jevropa) — continent
  • Chechen: Йивроп (Jivrop) — continent
  • Chichewa: Ulaya — continent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 歐洲 /欧洲 (au1 zau1) — continent
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 歐洲 /欧洲 (Ĕu-ciŭ) — continent
  • Hakka Chinese: 歐洲 /欧洲 (Êu-chû) — continent
  • Chinese: 歐洲 /欧洲 (zh-min-nan) — continent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲 /欧洲 (Ōuzhōu) — continent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐羅巴 /欧罗巴 (Ōuluóbā) — continent
  • Wu Chinese: 歐洲 /欧洲 — continent
  • Chuvash: Европа (Evrop̬a) — continent
  • East Circassian: Еуропэ (Jewuropɛ) — continent
  • Ngazidja Comorian: Ulaya — continent
  • Corsican: Europa — continent
  • Corsican: Auropa — continent
  • Czech: Evropa — continent
  • Danish: Europa — continent
  • Dhivehi: ޔޫރަޕު (yūrapu) — continent
  • Dutch: Europa — continent
  • Erzya: Эвропа (Evropa) — continent
  • Erzya: Явропа (Javropa) — continent
  • Esperanto: Eŭropo — continent
  • Estonian: Euroopa — continent
  • Farefare: Europa — continent
  • Faroese: Evropa — continent
  • Finnish: Eurooppa — continent
  • French: Europe — continent
  • North Frisian: Europa — continent
  • West-Frisian: Jeropa — continent
  • West-Frisian: Europa — continent
  • Galician: Europa — continent
  • Georgian: ევროპა (evroṗa) — continent
  • German: Europa — continent
  • Greek: Ευρώπη (Evrópi) — continent
  • Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē) — continent
  • Gujarati: યુરોપ (yurop) — continent
  • Gusii: Ng’umbu — continent
  • Haitian Creole: Ewòp — continent
  • Haryanvi: ऐ़रूप — continent
  • Hausa: Turai — continent
  • Hawaiian: ʻEulopa — continent
  • Hebrew: אֵירוֹפָּה (eirópa) — continent
  • Hiligaynon: Ewropa — continent
  • Hindi: यूरोप (yūrop) — continent
  • Hindi: युरोप (yurop) — continent
  • Hungarian: Európa — continent
  • Icelandic: Evrópa — continent
  • Ido: Europa — continent
  • Igbo: Iroopu — continent
  • Indonesian: Eropa — continent
  • Interlingua: Europa — continent
  • Irish: Eoraip — continent
  • Italian: Europa — continent
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa) — continent
  • Japanese: 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa) — continent
  • Japanese: 欧州 (Ōshū) — continent
  • Kannada: ಯುರೋಪ್ (yurōp) — continent
  • Kashubian: Eùropa — continent
  • Kazakh: Еуропа (Europa) — continent
  • Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (ʼəɨrop) — continent
  • Komi-Permyak: Европа (Jevropa) — continent
  • Komi-Zyrian: Европа (Jevropa) — continent
  • Korean: 유럽 (Yureop) — continent
  • Korean: 구주 (Guju) — continent
  • Korean: 구라파 (Gurapa) — continent
  • Central Kurdish: ئەوروپا (ewrupa) — continent
  • Northern Kurdish: Ewropa — continent
  • Kyrgyz: Европа (Yevropa) — continent
  • Ladino: איב׳רופה — continent
  • Ladino: איאורופה — continent
  • Ladino: Evropa — continent
  • Ladino: Europa — continent
  • Lao: ເອີລົບ (ē ʼī lop) — continent
  • Lao: ເອີຣົບ (ē ʼī rop) — continent
  • Latin: Eurōpa — continent
  • Latvian: Eiropa — continent
  • Ligurian: Eoröpa — continent
  • Lithuanian: Europa — continent
  • Livonian: Eirōp — continent
  • Low German: Europa — continent
  • Low German: Uropa — continent
  • : ᦵᦁᦲᧁᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (ʼoew1tsoew1) — continent
  • Luxembourgish: Europa — continent
  • Macedonian: Европа (Evropa) — continent
  • Malay: Eropah — continent
  • Malayalam: യൂറോപ്പ് (yūṟōppŭ) — continent
  • Maltese: L-Ewropa — continent
  • Manx: Oarpey — continent
  • Māori: Ūropi — continent
  • Marathi: युरोप (yurop) — continent
  • Mauritian Creole: Lerop — continent
  • Middle English: Europe — continent
  • Mirandese: Ouropa — continent
  • Moksha: Европа (Jevropa) — continent
  • Mongolian: Европ (Jevrop) — continent
  • Mongolian: ᠧᠦ᠋ᠷᠣᠫᠠ (ēüropa) — continent
  • Moore: Yerope — continent
  • Moore: yerope — continent
  • Moore: Nasaar-tẽnga — continent
  • Nahuatl: Europan — continent
  • Nauruan: Uirope — continent
  • Navajo: Tó Wónaanídi Bilagáana Bikéyah — continent
  • Nepali: युरोप (yurop) — continent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Europa — continent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Europa — continent
  • Occitan: Euròpa — continent
  • Odia: ୟୁରୋପ (yuropa) — continent
  • Ojibwe: Wemitigoozhiimowin-gichi-aki — continent
  • Church Slavic: Єѵрѡпа (Evropa) — continent
  • Church Slavic: Ⰵⱛⱃⱉⱂⰰ (Eüropa) — continent
  • Ossetian: Европӕ (Evropæ) — continent
  • Pashto: اروپا (orupā) — continent
  • Pashto: يورپ (yurop) — continent
  • Dari: اُرُوپَا (urūpā) — continent
  • Iranian Persian: اُروپا (orupâ) — continent
  • Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤁 ('ereb) — continent
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Urup — continent
  • Polish: Europa — continent
  • Portuguese: Europa — continent
  • Punjabi: ਯੂਰਪ (yūrap) — continent
  • Romanian: Europa — continent
  • Romanian: Еуропа (Europa) — continent
  • Romansh: Europa — continent
  • Russian: Евро́па (Jevrópa) — continent
  • Sanskrit: आरूप (ārūpa) — continent
  • Scots: Europe — continent
  • Scottish Gaelic: an Roinn-Eòrpa — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Евро́па — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Еуро́па — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Evrópa — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Európa — continent
  • Silesian: Ojropa — continent
  • Sinhalese: යුරෝපය (yurōpaya) — continent
  • Slovak: Európa — continent
  • Slovene: Evrópa — continent
  • Lower Sorbian: Europa — continent
  • Upper Sorbian: Europa — continent
  • Sotho: Yuropo — continent
  • Spanish: Europa — continent
  • Sukuma: bulaya — continent
  • Swahili: Ulaya — continent
  • Swahili: Uropa — continent
  • Swedish: Europa — continent
  • Tagalog: Europa — continent
  • Tajik: Аврупо (Avrupo) — continent
  • Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (airōppā) — continent
  • Tatar: Аурупа (Awrupa) — continent
  • Telugu: ఐరోపా (airōpā) — continent
  • Telugu: యూరప్ (yūrap) — continent
  • Thai: ยุโรป (yú-ròop) — continent
  • Tibetan: ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང (yo rob gling) — continent
  • Tigrinya: ኤውሮጳ (ʾewrop̣a) — continent
  • Turkish: Avrupa — continent
  • Turkmen: Ýewropa — continent
  • Tuvan: Европа (Evropa) — continent
  • Udmurt: Европа (Jevropa) — continent
  • Ukrainian: Євро́па (Jevrópa) — continent
  • Ukrainian: Европа (Evropa) — continent
  • Urdu: یُورَپ (yūrap) — continent
  • Uyghur: ياۋروپا (yawropa) — continent
  • Uzbek: Yevropa — continent
  • Vietnamese: Châu Âu — continent
  • Vietnamese: Âu — continent
  • Volapük: Yurop — continent
  • Walloon: Urope — continent
  • Welsh: Ewrop — continent
  • Yakut: Европа (Yevropa) — continent
  • Yiddish: אייראָפּע (eyrope) — continent
  • Yoruba: Yúróòpù — continent
  • Zhuang: Ouhcouh — continent
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