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European

Pronunciation: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/

The English word “European” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Related to Europe.
  2. Related to the European Union.
  3. Of white ethnicity.
  4. That can be exercised only at the expiry date.

noun

  1. A person living or originating from Europe.
  2. A person who resides within the European Union.

Etymology

Borrowed from French européen, itself from New Latin Eurōpaeānus, from the secondary stem Eurōpae- extracted from the Classical Latin adjective Eurōpaeus [from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”), from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)] + -ānus (“-an”). By surface analysis, Europ(e) + -ean.

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