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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe'; to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles;

2. 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]

3. the nations of the European continent collectively;
- Example: "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Europe
    n 1: the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of
         Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the
         continent except the British Isles
    2: 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]
    3: the nations of the European continent collectively; "the
       Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"