Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members;
- Example: "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"[syn: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
European Community
n 1: an international organization of European countries formed
after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase
cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain
into the Europen Union" [syn: European Union, EU,
European Community, EC, European Economic Community,
EEC, Common Market, Europe]