Europe

plural Europes

1. countableuncountableA continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.

   Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.

   2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023

2. countableuncountableA political entity; the European Union.

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   Al Mahlool, Fared (13 November 2021), “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2021, retrieved 13 Nov 2021: “French politician Julien Odoul says he would prefer the cold death of migrants stranded behind barbed wire on the Belarus-Poland border, rather than being allowed to enter Europe.”

3. IrelandUKcountableuncountableMainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
4. countableuncountableball gamesInternational club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.

   Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

   2012 December 4, “Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in ESPN, ESPN (UK), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2019, retrieved 05 Dec 2012