europe

Noun
  1. domain member region:
    • megalith, megalithic structure - memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
    • mercantile system, mercantilism - an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
    • wayland, wayland the smith, wieland - (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
    • helot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
    is an instance of: continent - one of the large landmasses of the earth
    has:
    • holy roman empire - a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon
    • continent - the European mainland
    • european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
    • scandinavian country, scandinavian nation - any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia
    • balkan peninsula, balkans - a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
    • bulgaria, republic of bulgaria - a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
    • czech republic - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993
    • czechoslovakia - a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
    • slovak republic, slovakia - a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993
    • northern europe - the northernmost countries of Europe
    • scandinavia - a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
    • scandinavia, scandinavian peninsula - the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
    • deutschland, federal republic of germany, frg, germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
    • finland, republic of finland, suomi - republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
    • ellas, greece, hellenic republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
    • roman republic - the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar
    • roman empire - an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
    • italia, italian republic, italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
    • romania, roumania, rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
    • austria-hungary - a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I
    • austria, oesterreich, republic of austria - a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century
    • flanders - a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
    • belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    • england - a division of the United Kingdom
    • northern ireland - a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
    • eire, ireland, irish republic, republic of ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
    • scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
    • france, french republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
    • holland, kingdom of the netherlands, nederland, netherlands, the netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
    • frisia - an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands
    • hungary, magyarorszag, republic of hungary - a republic in central Europe
    • iceland, republic of iceland - an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944
    • lapland, lappland - a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps
    • liechtenstein, principality of liechtenstein - a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland
    • grand duchy of luxembourg, luxembourg, luxemburg - a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
    • monaco, principality of monaco - a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera
    • tartary, tatary - the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries
    • poland, polska, republic of poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
    • iberia, iberian peninsula - a peninsula in southwestern Europe
    • portugal, portuguese republic - a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
    • republic of san marino, san marino - the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy
    • european russia - the part of Russia that is part of Europe
    • belarus, belorussia, byelarus, byelorussia, republic of belarus, white russia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
    • baltic republic, baltic state - European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
    • esthonia, estonia, republic of estonia - a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
    • latvia, republic of latvia - a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
    • moldavia, moldova, republic of moldova - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991
    • ukraine, ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
    • andorra, principality of andorra - a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France
    • espana, kingdom of spain, spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
    • calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
    • schweiz, suisse, svizzera, swiss confederation, switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
    • ottoman empire, turkish empire - a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
    • low countries - the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
    • schlesien, silesia, slask, slezsko - a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
    • elbe, elbe river - a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
    is a part of:
    • occident, west - the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
    • eurasia - the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
  2. is a type of: global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
    member holonym:
    same as: common market, ec, eec, eu, european community, european economic community, european union
  3. is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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