Central Europe

Central Europe

English

Central Europe

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊəɹəp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊɹəp/

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Proper noun

Central Europe

1. A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.
   • 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 4:

     Western Christendom's centuries-long confrontation with the Oriental and Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks also helped define Central Europe as a cultural and historical region.

Usage notes

The boundaries of Central Europe are not precise, and vary with the person discussing it. However, it can be roughly defined as bordered on the west by France and the Low Countries, on the east by the political boundaries of the former Soviet Union, on the north by the Baltic Sea, and on the south by Italy and the Adriatic.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Central Europe.

Coordinate terms

• Eastern Europe (European Russia etc.)

Derived terms

• Central European

Related terms

• East-Central Europe

Translations

geographical region in the center of Europe

Albanian: Evropa e Mesme f, Evropa Qendrore f Arabic: أُورُوبَا الْوَسَطَى‎ f (ʾūrūbā l-wasaṭā) Armenian: Կենտրոնական Եվրոպա (Kentronakan Evropa) Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Avropa Belarusian: Цэнтра́льная Еўро́па f (Centrálʹnaja Jeŭrópa), Цэнтра́льная Эўро́па f (Centrálʹnaja Eŭrópa) Bengali: মধ্য ইউরোপ (môdhẏ iurop) Bulgarian: Центра́лна Евро́па f (Centrálna Evrópa) Catalan: Europa Central f Chinese: Mandarin: 中歐／中欧 (zh) (Zhōng'ōu) Czech: střední Evropa f Danish: Mellemeuropa n, Centraleuropa (da) n Dutch: Midden-Europa n, Centraal-Europa n Estonian: Kesk-Euroopa Faroese: Miðevropa n Finnish: Keski-Eurooppa (fi) French: Europe centrale (fr) f Georgian: ცენტრალური ევროპა (cenṭraluri evroṗa) German: Mitteleuropa (de) n, Zentraleuropa n Greek: Κεντρική Ευρώπη f (Kentrikí Evrópi) Hebrew: מרכז אירופה‎ f (merkáz eirópa) Hindi: मध्य यूरोप m (madhya yūrop) Hungarian: Közép-Európa (hu) Icelandic: Mið-Evrópa (is) f Indonesian: Eropa Tengah Irish: an Eoraip Láir f Italian: Europa centrale f Japanese: 中央ヨーロッパ (ja) (ちゅうおうヨーロッパ, Chūō Yōroppa), 中欧 (ja) (ちゅうおう, Chūō) Kazakh: Орталық Еуропа (Ortalyq Europa) Khmer: អឺរ៉ុបកណ្តាល (ʼəɨrop kɑndaal) Korean: 중앙유럽 (Jung'ang'yureop), 중구(中歐) (ko) (Junggu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Ewropaya Navendî Kyrgyz: Борбордук Европа (Borborduk Yevropa) Lao: ເອີລົບກາງ (ʼœ̄ lop kāng), ເອີຣົບກາງ (ʼœ̄ rop kāng) Latvian: Centrāleiropa f Lithuanian: Centrinė Europa f Luxembourgish: Mëtteleuropa (lb) Macedonian: Центра́лна Евро́па f (Centrálna Evrópa) Malay: Eropah Tengah Maltese: L-Ewropa Ċentrali f Mongolian: Cyrillic: Төв Европ (Töv Jevrop) Norwegian: Bokmål: Sentral-Europa n Persian: اروپای مرکزی‎ (orupâ-ye markazi) Polish: Europa Środkowa (pl) f Portuguese: Europa Central f Romanian: Europa Centrală f Russian: Центра́льная Евро́па (ru) f (Centrálʹnaja Jevrópa) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Сре̏дња̄ Евро́па f, Сре̏дња̄ Еуро́па f Roman: Srȅdnjā Evrópa f, Srȅdnjā Európa f Slovak: Stredná Európa f Slovene: Srédnja Evrópa f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Srjejźna Europa f Upper Sorbian: Srjedźna Europa f Spanish: Europa Central f Swedish: Centraleuropa (sv) n, Mellaneuropa (sv) n Tagalog: Gitnang Europa Tajik: Аврупои Марказӣ (Avrupoyi Markazī) Tatar: Үзәк Аурупа (Üzäk Aurupa) Thai: ยุโรปกลาง (yú-ròop-glaang) Turkish: Orta Avrupa (tr) Turkmen: Merkezi Ýewropa Ukrainian: Центра́льна Євро́па f (Centrálʹna Jevrópa) Urdu: وسطی یورپ‎ m (vastī yūrap) Uyghur: ئوتتۇرا ياۋروپا‎ (ottura yawropa) Uzbek: Markaziy Yevropa Vietnamese: Trung Âu (vi) (中歐) Welsh: Canolbarth Ewrop m Yiddish: צענטראַל־אייראָפּע‎ f (tsentral-eyrope) Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Central Europe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Northern Europe
• Southern Europe