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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. The nations of the European continent collectively
   "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"
    
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
   - European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, continent, global organisation [Brit], global organization, international organisation [Brit], international organization, world organisation [Brit], world organization

Part of: Eurasia, Occident, West

Encyclopedia: Europe, Eastern Europe, German-speaking Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America Europe, East Central Europe Europe, A Prophecy Europe, Central Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Europe, a Prophecy Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa Europe, Northern Europe, Southern