Eu·rope
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| 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). |
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Europe
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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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| europe | |
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| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" [syn: European Union] |
| 3. | the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" |
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Europe
Continent that is actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia.
[Chapter:] World Geography
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