What does EUROPEAN mean?

Definitions for EUROPEAN
ˌyʊər əˈpi ən, ˌyɜr-eu·ro·pean

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Europeanadjective

    a native or inhabitant of Europe

  2. Europeanadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe

    "European Community"

Wiktionary

  1. Europeannoun

    Person living or originating from Europe.

  2. Europeannoun

    Person who resides within the European Union.

  3. Europeanadjective

    Related to Europe or the European Union.

  4. Etymology: From Européen, viâ europaeus, ultimately from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Europeanadjective

    Belonging to Europe.

    Etymology: europæus, Latin.

    Mean while the Spaniards in America,
    Near to the line the sun approaching saw,
    And hop’d their European coasts to find
    Clear’d from our ships by the autumnal wind. Edmund Waller.

    What was the waste of war, what fierce alarms
    Shook Asia’s crown with European arms! John Dryden, Æn.

    He alone defy’d
    The European thrones combin’d, and still
    Had set at nought their machinations vain. Phillips.

ChatGPT

  1. european

    European can refer to anything that is associated with or native to Europe, a continent located in the Northern Hemisphere. It can refer to a person who comes from Europe and/or is of European descent, their culture, languages, history, and traditions, or it can pertain to an object or concept that has its origins in Europe. It can also be used to describe policies, structures or affairs relating to Europe.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Europeanadjective

    of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants

  2. Europeannoun

    a native or an inhabitant of Europe

  3. Etymology: [L. europeaus, Gr. , fr. Gr. (L. europa.)]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. European

    ū-ro-pē′an, adj. belonging to Europe.—n. a native or inhabitant of Europe.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. european

    An inhabitant of New York City.

Editors Contribution

  1. European

    Of or relating to europe.

    Europe is a group of countries.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EUROPEAN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #456

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EUROPEAN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1075

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EUROPEAN' in Nouns Frequency: #2268

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EUROPEAN' in Adjectives Frequency: #53

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of EUROPEAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of EUROPEAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of EUROPEAN in a Sentence

  1. Carlos Pascual:

    One could actually argue that in the end this will save European consumers money by eliminating an unnecessary high cost pipeline that would not have added any additional new supply.

  2. Sergei Donskoi:

    We have already talked about Asian countries, and of course we are also looking at European countries, which have not imposed sanctions but which have technology and equipment that could be purchased, (But) Arab countries should be mentioned too. They have funds and, in many cases, technology.

  3. Dr Wolf:

    These large and rapidly-growing black holes are exceedingly rare, and we have been searching for them with SkyMapper for several months now. The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite, which measures tiny motions of celestial objects, helped us find this supermassive black hole, as supermassive black holes shine, they can be used as beacons to see and study the formation of elements in the early galaxies of the universe.

  4. Mark Burgess:

    Moreover, at some stage we are going to have to contemplate the possible impacts on the broader economy of the U.S. election result, while disharmony could yet break out within the European Unionm, against this backdrop of growing global risks - which does not feel like the backdrop to positive equity returns - we have decided to take equities back to neutral across our asset allocation portfolios, after favouring the asset class for over five years.

  5. Neven Mates:

    The European Commission is not looking after the interests of Europe's consumers or service providers as well as it should.

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