Europe
    n 1: the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of
         Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the
         continent except the British Isles
    2: an international organization of European countries formed
       after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase
       cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into
       the Europen Union" [syn: European Union, EU, European
       Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC,
       Common Market, Europe]
    3: the nations of the European continent collectively; "the
       Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"