Europeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Europe, from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), of uncertain origin, but either from:

• Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús) + ὄψ (óps), literally meaning "wide face" (as a description of the beauty of the mythical Europa) or "broad eye" (metaphorically meaning something like "as far as the eye can see")
• Semitic origin; compare also Ἀσία (Asía):
  • Akkadian �������� (^dUD.ŠU₂.A /erebu, erbu/, “direction of the setting sun, occident, west”)
  • Phoenician ������‎ (ʿrb /ʿereb/, “evening”)
  • Aramaic ערובה‎ (ʿrōbā, “sunset, Sabbath eve”)
  • Hebrew בֶּן‑עֲרֻבָּה‎ (ben‑ʿăruḇoh, “hostages”) and מַעֲרָב‎ (maʿăroḇ, “occident, west”)
  • Classical Syriac ܥܪܘܒܐ‎ (ʿaruḇa, “hostages”) and ܡܥܪܒܐ‎ (maʿrəḇā, “occident, west”)
  • Arabic غَرْب‎ (ḡarb, “occident, west”)

発音

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊ(ə)ɹəp/, /ˈjʉəɹɘp/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹəp/, /ˈjɔːɹəp/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹəp/, /ˈjɝəp/

固有名詞

Europe

2. The portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean.

   How can Europe exist without the European Union?

3. A political entity; the European Union.
4. (Britain, Ireland) Continental Europe, typically the western portion, and excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands.
5. (soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.
   • “Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎^[1], ESPN (UK), 4 December 2012, retrieved 5 December 2012

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

上位語

• Eurasia

下位語

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

派生語

関連する語

• Eurabia
• Eurasia
• Euro
• Euro-
• Europa

派生した語

• → Hindi: यूरोप (yūrop)
• → Korean: 유럽 (Yureop)
• → Marathi: यूरोप (yūrop)
• → Nepali: यूरोप (yūropa)
• → Sanskrit: यूरोप (yūropa)
• → Urdu: یورپ‎ (yūrop)

参考

• (continents) continent; Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈroː.peː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈro.pe/, [ɛu̯ˈrɔː.pɛ]

固有名詞

Eurōpē f sg (genitive Eurōpēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Eurōpa

語形変化

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

参照

• Europe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press