Europe

See also: europe, europé, Europę, Európe, and Európé

English

World map showing the location of Europe (continent).

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Europe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹəp/, /ˈjɔː.ɹəp/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɚ.əp/, /ˈjɝ.əp/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈjʉə.ɹəp/, /ˈjoː.ɹəp/
(Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːɾoːp/

Proper noun

Europe (countable and uncountable, plural Europes)

A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
A political entity; the European Union.
- Al Mahlool, Fared (2021 November 13) “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter‎^[2], Twitter, retrieved 13 November 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.”
(UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
(soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.
- “Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], ESPN (UK), 2012 December 4, retrieved 5 December 2012
  Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Euro-
Europa

Descendants

→ Hindi: यूरोप (yūrop)
→ Korean: 유럽 (Yureop)
→ Marathi: यूरोप (yūrop)
→ Nepali: यूरोप (yūrop)
→ Sanskrit: यूरोप (yūropa)
→ Telugu: యూరప్ (yūrap)
→ Urdu: یُورَپ (yūrap)
→ Yoruba: Yúróòpù
→ Classical Persian: اُرُوپَا (urūpā)

Translations

continent

Abkhaz: Европа (Evropʼa)
Acehnese: Iërupa
Afrikaans: Europa (af)
Akan: Yurop
Albanian: Evropë f, Evropa (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: አውሮፓ (ʾäwropa)
Antillean Creole: Éwop
Arabic: أُورُوبَّا (ar) f (ʔūrūbbā), أُورُبَّا f (ʔūrubbā), أُورُوبَّة f (ʔūrūbba)
Egyptian Arabic: أوروبا f (ʔurupa, ʔuruba)

Hijazi Arabic: أوربّا f (ʔōrubba, ʔōruppa)
Aragonese: Europa f
Armenian: Եվրոպա (hy) (Evropa)
Assamese: ইউৰোপ (iurüp)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܪܝܦܝ (w-rip)
Asturian: Europa (ast) f
Aymara: Iwrupa
Azerbaijani: Avropa (az), Ovropa (archaism)
Banjarese: Irupa
Bashkir: Европа (Yevropa), (obsolete) Аурупа (Awrupa)
Basque: Europa (eu)
Belarusian: Еўро́па f (Jeŭrópa), Эўро́па f (Eŭrópa) (Taraškievica Orthography)
Bengali: ইউরোপ (bn) (iurōp)
Bulgarian: Евро́па (bg) f (Evrópa)
Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)
Buryat: Европо (Jevropo)
Carpathian Rusyn: Евро́па f (Evrópa)
Catalan: Europa (ca) f
Chechen: Европа (Jevropa), Йивроп (Jivrop)
Chichewa: Ulaya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (au¹ zau¹)

Eastern Min: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (Ĕu-ciŭ)

Hakka: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (Êu-chû)

Hokkien: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (zh-min-nan) (Au-chiu)

Mandarin: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (zh) (Ōuzhōu), 歐羅巴 / 欧罗巴 (zh) (Ōuluóbā) (dated)

Wu: 歐洲 / 欧洲
Corsican: Europa f, Auropa f
Czech: Evropa (cs) f
Danish: Europa (da) n
Dhivehi: ޔޫރަޕު (yūrapu)
Dutch: Europa (nl) n
Erzya: Эвропа (Evropa), Явропа (Javropa)
Esperanto: Eŭropo (eo)
Estonian: Euroopa (et)
Farefare: Europa
Faroese: Evropa n
Finnish: Eurooppa (fi)
French: Europe (fr) f
Galician: Europa (gl) f
Georgian: ევროპა (ka) (evroṗa)
German: Europa (de) n
Greek: Ευρώπη (el) f (Evrópi)
Ancient: Εὐρώπη f (Eurṓpē)
Gujarati: યુરોપ (yurop)
Gusii: Ng’umbu
Haitian Creole: Ewòp
Haryanvi: ऐ़रूप
Hausa: Turai (ha)
Hawaiian: ʻEulopa
Hebrew: אֵירוֹפָּה (he) f (eirópa)
Hiligaynon: Ewropa
Hindi: यूरोप (hi) (yūrop), युरोप (hi) m (yurop)
Hungarian: Európa (hu)
Icelandic: Evrópa (is) f
Ido: Europa (io)
Igbo: Iroopu
Indonesian: Eropa (id)
Interlingua: Europa (ia)
Irish: Eoraip (ga) f
Italian: Europa (it)
Japanese: ヨーロッパ (ja) (Yōroppa), 欧羅巴 (ja) (Yōroppa) (ateji), 欧州 (ja) (おうしゅう, Ōshū)
Kabardian: Еуропэ (Jewuropɛ)
Kannada: ಯುರೋಪ್ (kn) (yurōp)
Kashubian: Eùropa f
Kazakh: Еуропа (kk) (Europa)
Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (km) (ʼəɨrop)
Komi-Permyak: Европа (Jevropa)
Komi-Zyrian: Европа (Jevropa)
Korean: 유럽 (ko) (Yureop), 구주(歐洲) (ko) (Guju), 구라파(歐羅巴) (ko) (Gurapa) (dated)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەوروپا (ewrupa)

Northern Kurdish: Ewropa (ku)
Kyrgyz: Европа (ky) (Yevropa)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino:
Hebrew: איב׳רופה f, איאורופה f

Roman: Evropa f, Europa f
Lao: ເອີລົບ (ʼœ̄ lop), ເອີຣົບ (lo) (ʼœ̄ rop) (dated)
Latin: Eurōpa (la) f
Latvian: Eiropa (lv) f
Ligurian: Eoröpa
Lithuanian: Europa (lt) f
Livonian: Eirōp
Low German: Europa (nds), Uropa
Lü: ᦵᦁᦲᧁᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (ʼoew¹tsoew¹)
Luxembourgish: Europa (lb) f
Macedonian: Европа f (Evropa)
Malay: Eropah (ms)
Malayalam: യൂറോപ്പ് (ml) (yūṟōppŭ)
Maltese: L-Ewropa f
Manx: Oarpey
Maori: Ūropi (mi)
Marathi: युरोप (yurop)
Mauritian Creole: Lerop
Middle English: Europe
Mirandese: Ouropa f
Moksha: Европа (Jevropa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Европ (mn) (Jevrop)

Mongolian: ᠧᠦ᠋ᠷᠣᠫᠠ (ēüropa)
Moore: Yerope, yerope, Nasaar-tẽnga
Nahuatl: Europan
Nauruan: Uirope
Navajo: Tó Wónaanídi Bilagáana Bikéyah
Nepali: युरोप (yurop)
Ngazidja Comorian: Ulaya class 11
North Frisian: Europa (Heligolandic)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Europa (no) n

Nynorsk: Europa (nn) n
Occitan: Euròpa (oc) f
Odia: ୟୁରୋପ (yuropa)
Ojibwe: Wemitigoozhiimowin-gichi-aki
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Єѵрѡпа f (Evropa) (modern)

Glagolitic: Ⰵⱛⱃⱉⱂⰰ f (Eüropa)
Ossetian: Европӕ (Evropæ)
Pashto: اروپا (ps) f (orupā), يورپ (ps) m (yurop)
Persian:
Dari: اُرُوپَا (urūpā)

Iranian Persian: اُروپا (orupâ)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Urup
Polish: Europa (pl) f
Portuguese: Europa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਯੂਰਪ (yūrap)
Romanian: Europa (ro) f
Cyrillic: Еуропа (ro) f (Europa)
Romansch: Europa f
Russian: Евро́па (ru) f (Jevrópa)
Sanskrit: आरूप (ārūpa)
Scots: Europe
Scottish Gaelic: an Roinn-Eòrpa f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Евро́па f, Еуро́па f (Croatia)

Roman: Evrópa (sh) f, Európa (sh) f (Croatia)
Silesian: Ojropa
Sinhalese: යුරෝපය (si) (yurōpaya)
Slovak: Európa (sk) f
Slovene: Evrópa (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Europa f

Upper Sorbian: Europa (hsb) f
Sotho: Yuropo
Spanish: Europa (es) f
Sukuma: bulaya
Swahili: Ulaya, Uropa (rare)
Swedish: Europa (sv) n
Tagalog: Europa (tl)
Tajik: Аврупо (tg) (Avrupo)
Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (ta) (airōppā)
Tatar: Аурупа (Awrupa)
Telugu: ఐరోపా (te) (airōpā), యూరప్ (yūrap)
Thai: ยุโรป (th) (yú-ròop)
Tibetan: ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང (yo rob gling)
Tigrinya: ኤውሮጳ (ʾewrop̣a)
Turkish: Avrupa (tr)
Turkmen: Ýewropa
Udmurt: Европа (Jevropa)
Ukrainian: Євро́па (uk) f (Jevrópa), Европа (uk) (Evropa)
Urdu: یُورَپ m (yūrap)
Uyghur: ياۋروپا (yawropa)
Uzbek: Yevropa (uz)
Veps: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Châu Âu (vi) (洲歐), Âu (vi) (歐)
Volapük: Yurop (vo)
Võro: please add this translation if you can
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: Urope (wa) f
Welsh: Ewrop (cy) f
West Frisian: Jeropa (fy) n, Europa (fy) n
Yakut: Европа (YEvropa)
Yiddish: אייראָפּע f (eyrope)
Yoruba: Yúróòpù
Zhuang: Ouhcouh

European Union — see European Union

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa), a character in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ø.ʁɔp/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Europe f (plural Europes)

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
Synonym: Vieux Continent
(astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)

Derived terms

Friulian

Proper noun

Europe f

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

Related terms

european

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛu̯ˈroː.peː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eu̯ˈrɔː.pe]

Proper noun

Eurōpē f sg (genitive Eurōpēs); first declension

Alternative form of Eurōpa:
1. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
2. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Eurōpē
genitive	Eurōpēs
dative	Eurōpae
accusative	Eurōpēn
ablative	Eurōpē
vocative	Eurōpē
locative	Eurōpēs

Middle English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛu̯ˈrɔːp(ə)/

Proper noun

Europe

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)

Descendants

English: Europe, Europa (see there for further descendants)
Scots: Europe