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European.

Related to Europe.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/General-American/ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/General-American/(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/UK/(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/UK
  1. Related to Europe.

  2. Related to the European Union.

  3. Of white ethnicity.

    Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers.
  4. That can be exercised only at the expiry date.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor. Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European 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.

noun/ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/General-American/ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/General-American/(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/UK/(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/UK
  1. A person living or originating from Europe.

  2. A person who resides within the European Union.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor. Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European 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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