Meanings
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
Who knows much about the venerable traditions of Central European kingdoms like Poland-Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary and their valiant struggles for freedom?
1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5
plural Central Europeans
- A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.
Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene national elites have tried desperately to prove that their countries do not belong to the "East"; that they are, indeed, Central Europeans.
2003, Ivan T. Berend, History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, page xiii1 more example
Central Europeans also have in their heads a number of different historical maps and milestones that are not particularly well known outside the region or necessarily respected by their neighbors, and they still regularly use them as points of orientation.
1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5
Origin
From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian централноевропейски, централноевропеец
- централноевропейски (centralnoevropejski)of or from Central Europe
- централноевропеец (centralnoevropeec)Central European person
- централноевропейка (centralnoevropejka)Central European person
Catalan centreeuropeu, centreuropeu
- centreeuropeuof or from Central Europe
- centreuropeuof or from Central Europe
Chinese Mandarin 中歐的 /中欧的
- 中歐的 /中欧的 (Zhōng-Ōu de)of or from Central Europe
Czech středoevropský, Středoevropan
- středoevropskýof or from Central Europe
- StředoevropanCentral European person
- StředoevropankaCentral European person
Esperanto Centr-Eŭropa, mez-eŭropa
- Centr-Eŭropaof or from Central Europe
- mez-eŭropaof or from Central Europe
Finnish keskieurooppalainen, keskieurooppalainen
- keskieurooppalainenof or from Central Europe
- keskieurooppalainenCentral European person
French centreuropéen, médioeuropéen
- centreuropéenof or from Central Europe
- médioeuropéenof or from Central Europe
German zentraleuropäisch, mitteleuropäisch
- zentraleuropäischof or from Central Europe
- mitteleuropäischof or from Central Europe
- MitteleuropäerCentral European person
- MitteleuropäerinCentral European person
Greek κεντροευρωπαϊκός
- κεντροευρωπαϊκός (kentroevropaïkós)of or from Central Europe
Hungarian közép-európai
- közép-európaiof or from Central Europe
Irish Lár na hEorpa
- Lár na hEorpaof or from Central Europe
Italian centroeuropeo, medieuropeo
- centroeuropeoof or from Central Europe
- medieuropeoof or from Central Europe
- mitteleuropeoof or from Central Europe
Japanese 中欧の, 中央ヨーロッパの
- 中欧の (Chūō no)of or from Central Europe
- 中央ヨーロッパの (Chūō-Yōroppa no)of or from Central Europe
Polish środkowoeuropejski, centralnoeuropejski
- środkowoeuropejskiof or from Central Europe
- centralnoeuropejskiof or from Central Europe
- środkowy EuropejczykCentral European person
- środkowa EuropejkaCentral European person
- centralny EuropejczykCentral European person
- centralna EuropejkaCentral European person
Romanian central-european, central-european
- central-europeanof or from Central Europe
- central-europeanCentral European person
- central-europeanăCentral European person
Russian центра̀льноевропе́йский
- центра̀льноевропе́йский (centràlʹnojevropéjskij)of or from Central Europe
Spanish centroeuropeo, centroeuropeo
- centroeuropeoof or from Central Europe
- centroeuropeoCentral European person
- centroeuropeaCentral European person
Swedish centraleuropeisk, mellaneuropeisk
- centraleuropeiskof or from Central Europe
- mellaneuropeiskof or from Central Europe
- centraleuropéCentral European person
- mellaneuropéCentral European person
Turkish Orta Avrupalı
- Orta AvrupalıCentral European person
Ukrainian центра̀льноєвропе́йський
- центра̀льноєвропе́йський (centràlʹnojevropéjsʹkyj)of or from Central Europe
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Central European
Cite this entry
Central European. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20European
“Central European.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20European. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Central European,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Central%20European.
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