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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Europe or its inhabitants.
2.
native to or derived from Europe: traditional European customs; European languages.
noun
3.
a native or inhabitant of Europe.
4.
a person of European descent.
5.
(in East Africa and Asia) a white person; caucasian.
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European
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Related forms
Eu·ro·pe·an·ly, adverb
an·ti-Eu·ro·pe·an, adjective, noun
in·ter-Eu·ro·pe·an, adjective
non-Eu·ro·pe·an, adjective, noun
pro-Eu·ro·pe·an, adjective, noun
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Word Origin & History
European
c.1600, from L. Europa "Europe," from Gk. Europe, often explained as "broad face," from eurys "wide" + ops "face." Klein suggests a possible Semitic origin in Akkad. erebu "to go down, set" (in reference to the sun) which would parallel orient (q.v.). Another suggestion along
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