Meanings
proper noun
- A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.
Central Europe was a concept invented in 1991 by tourism agencies in order to sell as many Prague trips as possible.
2026 August 18, @brdmoedr, X (post)1 more example
Western Christendom's centuries-long confrontation with the Oriental and Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks also helped define Central Europe as a cultural and historical region.
1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 4
Translations
Arabic أُورُوبَا الْوَسَطَى
- أُورُوبَا الْوَسَطَى (ʔūrūbā l-wasaṭā)geographical region in the center of Europe
Bengali মধ্য ইউরোপ
- মধ্য ইউরোপ (moddho iurōp)geographical region in the center of Europe
Bulgarian Центра́лна Евро́па
- Центра́лна Евро́па (Centrálna Evrópa)geographical region in the center of Europe
Catalan Europa Central
- Europa Centralgeographical region in the center of Europe
Chinese Mandarin 中歐 /中欧
- 中歐 /中欧 (Zhōng'ōu)geographical region in the center of Europe
Czech střední Evropa
- střední Evropageographical region in the center of Europe
Danish Mellemeuropa, Centraleuropa
- Mellemeuropageographical region in the center of Europe
- Centraleuropageographical region in the center of Europe
Dutch Midden-Europa, Centraal-Europa
- Midden-Europageographical region in the center of Europe
- Centraal-Europageographical region in the center of Europe
Estonian Kesk-Euroopa
- Kesk-Euroopageographical region in the center of Europe
Finnish Keski-Eurooppa
- Keski-Eurooppageographical region in the center of Europe
French Europe centrale
- Europe centralegeographical region in the center of Europe
German Mitteleuropa, Zentraleuropa
- Mitteleuropageographical region in the center of Europe
- Zentraleuropageographical region in the center of Europe
Greek Κεντρική Ευρώπη
- Κεντρική Ευρώπη (Kentrikí Evrópi)geographical region in the center of Europe
Hebrew מרכז אירופה
- מרכז אירופה (merkáz eirópa)geographical region in the center of Europe
Hindi मध्य यूरोप
- मध्य यूरोप (madhya yūrop)geographical region in the center of Europe
Hungarian Közép-Európa
- Közép-Európageographical region in the center of Europe
Icelandic Mið-Evrópa
- Mið-Evrópageographical region in the center of Europe
Indonesian Eropa Tengah
- Eropa Tengahgeographical region in the center of Europe
Irish an Eoraip Láir
- an Eoraip Láirgeographical region in the center of Europe
Italian Europa centrale
- Europa centralegeographical region in the center of Europe
Japanese 中央ヨーロッパ, 中欧
- 中央ヨーロッパ (Chūō Yōroppa)geographical region in the center of Europe
- 中欧 (Chūō)geographical region in the center of Europe
Korean 중앙유럽, 중구
- 중앙유럽 (Jung'ang'yureop)geographical region in the center of Europe
- 중구 (Junggu)geographical region in the center of Europe
Latvian Centrāleiropa
- Centrāleiropageographical region in the center of Europe
Lithuanian Centrinė Europa
- Centrinė Europageographical region in the center of Europe
Malay Eropah Tengah
- Eropah Tengahgeographical region in the center of Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Sentral-Europa
- Sentral-Europageographical region in the center of Europe
Persian اروپای مرکزی
- اروپای مرکزی (orupâ-ye markazi)geographical region in the center of Europe
Polish Europa Środkowa
- Europa Środkowageographical region in the center of Europe
Portuguese Europa Central
- Europa Centralgeographical region in the center of Europe
Romanian Europa Centrală
- Europa Centralăgeographical region in the center of Europe
Russian Центра́льная Евро́па
- Центра́льная Евро́па (Centrálʹnaja Jevrópa)geographical region in the center of Europe
Slovak Stredná Európa
- Stredná Európageographical region in the center of Europe
Spanish Europa Central
- Europa Centralgeographical region in the center of Europe
Swedish Centraleuropa, Mellaneuropa
- Centraleuropageographical region in the center of Europe
- Mellaneuropageographical region in the center of Europe
Tagalog Gitnang Europa
- Gitnang Europageographical region in the center of Europe
Thai ยุโรปกลาง
- ยุโรปกลาง (yú-ròop-glaang)geographical region in the center of Europe
Turkish Orta Avrupa
- Orta Avrupageographical region in the center of Europe
Ukrainian Центра́льна Євро́па
- Центра́льна Євро́па (Centrálʹna Jevrópa)geographical region in the center of Europe
Urdu وسطی یورپ
- وسطی یورپ (vastī yūrap)geographical region in the center of Europe
Vietnamese Trung Âu
- Trung Âugeographical region in the center of Europe
Welsh Canolbarth Ewrop
- Canolbarth Ewropgeographical region in the center of Europe
Yiddish צענטראַל־אייראָפּע
- צענטראַל־אייראָפּע (tsentral-eyrope)geographical region in the center of Europe
Cite this entry
APA
Central Europe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Europe
MLA
“Central Europe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Europe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Central Europe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20Europe.
Source: Central Europe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.