europe

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about europe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. 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.
2. 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

3. The nations of the European continent collectively.

   the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II