europe

Noun

• the nations of the European continent collectively
  • the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II
    

• 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
    

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Europe , European Union , EU , European Community , EC , European Economic Community , EEC , Common Market