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Eu⋅rope

[yoor-uhp, yur- for 1; yoo-roh-pee, yuh- for 2]
–noun
1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. 702,300,000 including the Russian Federation; ab. 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
2. Classical Mythology. Europa (def. 1).

Eu⋅ro⋅pa

[yoo-roh-puh, yuh-]
–noun
1. Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
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Eu·rope   (yŏŏr'əp)   
The sixth-largest continent, extending west from the Dardanelles, Black Sea, and Ural Mountains. It is technically a vast peninsula of the Eurasian land mass.
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Europe

Continent that is actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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