ec

1. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members (synset 108190414)
   "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"
   is a type of: global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
   member holonym:

   • danmark, denmark, kingdom of denmark - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
   • kingdom of sweden, sverige, sweden - a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
   • 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
   • 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
   • 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
   • belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
   • britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   • 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
   • 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
   • 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
   • 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)
   • espana, kingdom of spain, spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
   same as: common market, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union

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