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European

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Eu·ro·pe·an  (yr-pn)
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Europe.
2. A person of European descent.
adj.
Of or relating to Europe or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

European
Adjective
of Europe
Noun
1. a person from Europe
2. a person of European descent
3. an advocate of closer links between the countries of Europe, esp. those in the European Union
Europeanism n
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Noun1.EuropeanEuropean - a native or inhabitant of Europe    
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
Eurafrican - a person of mixed European and African descent
Eurasian - a person of mixed European and Asian descent
sahib - formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name
Celt, Kelt - a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
Frank - a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
Teuton - a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
Albanian - a native or inhabitant of Albania
Andorran - a native or inhabitant of Andorra
Austrian - a native or inhabitant of Austria
Basque - a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
Belgian - a native or inhabitant of Belgium
Bulgarian - a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
Belorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian - a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian - a native or inhabitant of Cyprus
Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakian, Czech - a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
Czech - a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
Slovak - a native or inhabitant of Slovakia
Dane - a native or inhabitant of Denmark
Brit, Britisher, Briton - a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
Angle - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
Saxon - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Jute - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons
Langobard, Lombard - a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
Finn - a native or inhabitant of Finland
Latvian - a native or inhabitant of Latvia
Lithuanian - a native or inhabitant of Lithuania
French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman - a person of French nationality
Balkan - an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
Cretan - a native or inhabitant of Crete
Hellene, Greek - a native or inhabitant of Greece
Thracian - an inhabitant of ancient Thrace
Dutchman, Hollander, Netherlander - a native or inhabitant of Holland
Hungarian, Magyar - a native or inhabitant of Hungary
Icelander - a native or inhabitant of Iceland
Irelander, Irish person - a native or inhabitant of Ireland
Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
Roman - an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
Lapp, Lapplander, Saame, Saami, Same, Sami - a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Liechtensteiner - a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein
Luxembourger, Luxemburger - a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
Macedonian - a native or inhabitant of Macedon
Norseman, Norwegian, Norse - a native or inhabitant of Norway
Pole - a native or inhabitant of Poland
Portuguese - a native or inhabitant of Portugal
Romanian, Rumanian - a native or inhabitant of Romania
San Marinese - a native or inhabitant of San Marino
Norse, Northman, Scandinavian - an inhabitant of Scandinavia
Adj.1.European - of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; "European Community"
Translations
European [juərəˈpiːən] adj, neuropeo/a m/f

European [juərəˈpiːən] Europe adjeuropéen(ne)
nEuropéen(ne)

European [juərəˈpiːən] Europe adjeuropäisch
nEuropäer(in) m(f)

European [juərəˈpiːən] adj, neuropeo/a

European
n European [ˌjuərəˈpiːən]
an economic and political association of certain countries in Europe. Europese أوروبي европейски evropský EU; Den Europæiske Union Europäische Gemeinschaft Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση Unión Europea Euroopa Liit وابسته به اروپا؛ اروپایی Union européenne אֵירוֹפֵּאי युरोपीय europski európai Uni Eropa Unione Europea ペスト、黒死病 유럽(계의) 사람 Europos Sąjunga Eiropas Savienība orang Eropah Europese Unie Den europeiske union, EU Unia europejska european Европейский союз Európska únia Evropski europeisk: Europeiska unionen เกี่ยวกัสหภาพยุโรป Avrupa Birliği 歐盟 європейський; Євросоюз یورپ کا یا یورپ میں واقع cộng đồng chung châu Âu
n euro
the currency adopted by the European Union. euro النَّقْد المُتَداوَل في الأتّحاد الأوروبي евро euro euro der Euro ευρώ (το νόμισμα της Ευρώπης) euro euro یورو euro יוּרוֹ युरोप का रहने वाला euro euró uang Euro euro ユーロ(EUの単一通貨) euras eiro euro (matawang) euro, € euro euro евро euro evro euro ระบบเงินตราที่ใช้ในสหภาพยุโรป euro, yuro 歐元 євро یوروپی اتحاد کا رسمی سکہ đồng Ơ-rô


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Of a lion worthy, Or perhaps of a virtuous howl-monkey-- --But it's naught to you, Ye friendly damsels dearly loved, At whose own feet to me, The first occasion, To a European under palm-trees, A seat is now granted.
There was a certain lieutenant of SPAHIS whom the government had reason to suspect of improper relations with a great European power.
A little while after this there came in a Dutch ship from Batavia; she was a coaster, not an European trader, of about two hundred tons burden; the men, as they pretended, having been so sickly that the captain had not hands enough to go to sea with, so he lay by at Bengal; and having, it seems, got money enough, or being willing, for other reasons, to go for Europe, he gave public notice he would sell his ship.
 
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