noun (n)

• 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(noun.object)

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• an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members(noun.group)

  Example:
  He tried to take Britain into the Europen Union.
  

  Synonym:
  common market, ec, eec, eu, european community, european economic community, european union
  

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• the nations of the European continent collectively(noun.group)

  Example:
  The Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II.
  

  source: wordnet30