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EUROPEAN COUNTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any one of the countries occupying the European continent
Synonyms:
European country; European nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("European country" is a kind of...):
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "European country"):
Scandinavian country; Scandinavian nation (any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia)
Balkan country; Balkan nation; Balkan state (any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula)
Instance hyponyms:
Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)
Hungary; Magyarorszag; Republic of Hungary (a republic in central Europe)
Iceland; Republic of Iceland (an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944)
Liechtenstein; Principality of Liechtenstein (a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland)
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg (a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center)
Monaco; Principality of Monaco (a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera)
Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
Republic of San Marino; San Marino (the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy)
Belarus; Belorussia; Byelarus; Byelorussia; Republic of Belarus; White Russia (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet)
Moldavia; Moldova; Republic of Moldova (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991)
Andorra; Principality of Andorra (a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France)
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)
Balkans (the Balkan countries collectively)
Czech Republic (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993)
Slovak Republic; Slovakia (a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993)
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
East Germany; German Democratic Republic (a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990)
Federal Republic of Germany; West Germany (a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990)
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Romania; Roumania; Rumania (a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea)
Yugoslavia (a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980)
Croatia; Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Jugoslavija; Serbia and Montenegro; Union of Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)
Bosna i Hercegovina; Bosnia; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims)
Republic of Slovenia; Slovenia; Slovenija (a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991)
Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
Flanders (a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands)
Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Northern Ireland (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland)
Holonyms ("European country" is a part of...):
Europe (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)
