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Europe

noun

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.

An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. Synonyms: Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union.

The nations of the European continent collectively.

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"Europe" Quotes from Famous Books

... hair unbound, shaking and tossing it in the dances which were the chief feature in the ceremonial, in order that the tassel of the maize might grow in like profusion, that the grain might be correspondingly large and flat, and that the people might have abundance." In many parts of Europe dancing or leaping high in the air are approved homoeopathic modes of making the crops grow high. Thus in Franche-Comt they say that you should dance at the Carnival in order to make the ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... Propagation.—In Europe this is sometimes performed by seed, but as this requires to be put into the ground as soon as possible after ripening, and moreover takes a long time to germinate, this method would hardly answer in this country, which must ...

— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson

... "Not in Europe it ain't," said the seaman. "So far as I know, you an' me an' one other are the only white men as know of it. That's all I'm going ...

— The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant • W. W. Jacobs

... that district are of black basalt, excepting the columns and sarcophagi. The name soda or black occurs in English as a synonym for alkali, and means the black or dark-coloured ashes of the plant al-kali when burnt for use—the white colour of it seen in Europe is ...

— Byeways in Palestine • James Finn

... the little farm near Hickleybrow until it had spread,—it and the report and shadow of its power,—throughout the world. It spread beyond England very speedily. Soon in America, all over the continent of Europe, in Japan, in Australia, at last all over the world, the thing was working towards its appointed end. Always it worked slowly, by indirect courses and against resistance. It was bigness insurgent. In spite of prejudice, in spite of law and regulation, in spite of all that obstinate conservatism ...

— The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth • H.G. Wells

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