euroland

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proper noun

Europe; the European Union (or formerly the European Economic Community).

“Marie lives in France, which is part of Euroland.”

Similar
Eurozone
OriginEnglish land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land →
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Meanings

euroland1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Euroland (“the group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency”).

Euroland2

proper noun
  1. datedhumorousraresometimesoriginallyEurope; the European Union (or formerly the European Economic Community).

    The banks might be small, or they might have recognizable names: Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Algemeine Nederland—all chartered Offshore and doing business in Euroland.

    1981, Adam Smith [pseudonym; George Goodman], “The Proliferating Dollar: How the Key Currency Got Debased”, in Paper Money, New York, N.Y.: Summit Books, →ISBN, pages 124–125
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    No doubt she had to append numerous documents detailing how the proposal would speed the harmonisation of tariff structures, improve the efficiency of intergovernmental consultation processes, etc, etc, for that is the way these things are done in Euroland.

    1990 December 16, John Naughton, “Jamboree in the fair city of empty pockets”, in Observer, number 109392, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1
  2. datedhumorousraresometimesThe group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency.

    Marie lives in France, which is part of Euroland.

    Synonyms: Eurozone

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency.

Similar
Eurozone

Origin

euroland · proper noun

  1. LatinEurōpa
  2. Middle EnglishEurope
  3. EnglishEurope
  4. Englisheuro
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  6. Proto-Germanic*landą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*land
  8. Old Englishland
  9. Middle Englishlond
  10. Englishland
  11. Englisheuroland

From euro + -land.

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Euroland · proper noun

Partly from Euro- + -land and partly (in later use) from euro + -land. Saw some use around 1998–2002 when the euro was being introduced.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

euroland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euroland

MLA

“euroland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euroland. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euroland,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euroland.

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