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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
Spanish European [juərəˈpiːən] adj, neuropeo/a m/f
French European [juərəˈpiːən] Europe adjeuropéen(ne)
nEuropéen(ne)

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

Italian European [juərəˈpiːən] adj, neuropeo/a

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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.
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