European
From the Continent
European refers to people, cultures, languages, or things from Europe, the continent stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals.
As a noun, a European is a person from Europe or of European descent.
The adjective describes anything characteristic of Europe: European history, European Union, European football.
In American usage, European often connotes sophistication or continental style: a European sensibility, European design.
Person of European ancestry
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
Nordic · Anglo-Saxon · Latin · Mediterranean · Basque · Roma · diaspora · ancestry
European mountain system
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- PyreneesFranco-Spanish mountain range
Carpathians · Danube · Rhine · Baltic · Adriatic · Iberia · Aegean · Thames
Joining into one
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- euroShared continental currency
- BrexitUK leaving European Union
treaty · integration · Schengen · member · enlargement · directive · regulation · summit
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
feudalism · Christendom · crusades · monarchy · empire · nationalism · Iron Curtain · Cold War
Collective social practices
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- architectureBuilding design discipline
philosophy · languages · art · literature · music · café · boulevard · continental breakfast
Caucasian
Person of European ancestry
Celtic · Nordic · Anglo-Saxon · Latin · Mediterranean · Basque · Roma · diaspora · ancestry · descent
Alps
European mountain system
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
Pyrenees · Carpathians · Danube · Rhine · Baltic · Adriatic · Iberia · Aegean · Thames · Volga
union
Joining into one
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- euroShared continental currency
Brexit · treaty · integration · Schengen · member · enlargement · directive · regulation · summit · council
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
Reformation · feudalism · Christendom · crusades · monarchy · empire · nationalism · Iron Curtain · Cold War · unification
culture
Collective social practices
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- fashionCurrent popular trend
architecture · philosophy · languages · art · literature · music · café · boulevard · continental breakfast · Grand Tour
- continental originAfrican, Asian, North American, South American, Australian
- food originsAmerican, Asian, African, Mexican, British
- Geographic AdjectivesAmerican, Asian, African, Australian, Canadian
- Proper AdjectivesAmerican, British, Chinese, French, German
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
Europeannon-European
From outside this continent
Asian · African · American · Australian · North American
Europeanindigenous
Originating in a region
native · colonized · Global South · non-Western · subaltern
Europeannon-Western
Outside European-American traditions
exotic · foreign · Asian · African · Middle Eastern
- European UnionContinental political-economic federation
- European literatureWritten works from Europe
- European cathedralsGrand historic churches abroad
- Eastern EuropeContinental region, former Soviet sphere
- European tourMulti-country journey abroad
- Western EuropeAtlantic-facing continental zone
Europe, European Central Bank, Europeans, European Union, European Council, European Commission, European Parliament, Europeanized