Definitions for central europe
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1. Central Europenoun

   A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including the former Austro-Hungarian states, Poland, and Germany.

2. Etymology: From central + Europe

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1. Central Europe

   Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common geography, historical, social and cultural identity. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Catholicism and Protestantism significantly shaped the area's history. The concept of "Central Europe" appeared in the 19th century.Central Europe comprises most of the former territories of the Holy Roman Empire and those of the two neighboring kingdoms of Poland and Hungary. Hungary and parts of Poland were later part of the Habsburg monarchy, which also significantly shaped the history of Central Europe. Unlike their Western European (United Kingdom, Netherland et al.) and Eastern European (Russia) counterparts, the Central European nations never had any notable colonies (either overseas or adjacent) due to their inland location and other factors. It has often been argued that one of the contributing causes of both World War I and World War II was Germany's lack of original overseas colonies. After World War II, Central Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain (as agreed by the Big Three at the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference) into two parts, the capitalist Western Bloc and the communist Eastern Bloc. The Berlin Wall was one of the most visible symbols of these artificial and forced divisions. Specifically, Stalin had advocated for the creation of a Soviet sphere of influence in Central Europe, beginning with Poland, in order to provide the Soviet Union a geopolitical buffer zone between it and the capitalist western world.Central Europe began a "strategic awakening" in the late 20th and early 21st century, with initiatives such as Central European Defence Cooperation, the Central European Initiative, Centrope, and the Visegrád Four Group. This awakening was triggered by writers and other intellectuals who recognized the societal paralysis of decaying dictatorships and felt compelled to speak up against Soviet oppression.All of the Central European countries are presently listed as being "very highly developed" by the Human Development Index.

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1. Central Europe

   Central Europe, sometimes referred to as Middle Europe, is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. Widespread interest in the region and the term itself resurfaced by the end of the Cold War, which had divided Europe and the West politically into Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc, splitting Central Europe in half. The concept of Central Europe, and that of a common identity, is somewhat elusive. However, scholars assert that a distinct "Central European culture, as controversial and debated the notion may be, exists." It is based on "similarities emanating from historical, social and cultural characteristics", and it is identified as having been "one of the world's richest sources of creative talent" between the 17th and 20th centuries. Cross Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture characterizes Central Europe "as an abandoned West or a place where East and West collide". Germany's Permanent Committee on Geographical Names defines Central Europe both as a distinct cultural area and a political region. George Schöpflin and others argue that Central Europe is defined by being "a part of Western Christianity", and Samuel P. Huntington places the region firmly within Western culture.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of central europe in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of central europe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of central europe in a Sentence

1. Robert Dobrzycki:

   We are building German-driven e-commerce buildings in central Europe. On top of that we see a huge trend of investors outside the region trying to diversify and hedge against a slow-down in other real estate sectors.

2. Dariusz Mazurkiewicz:

   Enlarging the scope of our activity with this kind of player ... means that we are building a very interesting acceptance network, not only for Polish bank customers, it might be any other bank customer, the next step will be to invite banks from other countries and this is why we want to concentrate our efforts right now on our region, central Europe.

3. Antony Blinken:

   The pipeline divides Europe, it exposes Ukraine and central Europe to Russian manipulation and coercion, it goes against Europe's own stated energy security goals, so what I said was that we will continue to monitor activity to complete and certify the pipeline, and if that activity takes place, we'll make a determination on the applicability of sanctions.

4. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz:

   It is not just a case of Greece not processing those (asylum) claims, but they are actively doing their very best to get the refugees to move on to central Europe as soon as possible, the Western Balkan countries are overrun, overwhelmed and have been left to their own devices.

5. Colonel Macgregor:

   There's sort of a sick mentality that says that generations after generations must atone sins of what happened in 13 years of German history and ignore the other 1,500 years of Germany. And Germany played a critical role in central Europe in terms of defending the serving Western civilization. So I think that's, that's the problem.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Central_Europe
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=central europe