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Europe

terrestrial continent located in north-western Eurasia
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Summary

Europe is a part of the world[1]. Europe draws 243,519 Wikipedia views per month (part of the world category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: continent[3], region[4], geographic location[5]
  • Shares border with: Asia[6]
  • Named after: Europa[7]
  • Flag: flag of Europe[8]
  • Part of: Eurasia[9], Ostfeste[10], Earth[11], Afro-Eurasia[12]
  • Commons category: Europe[13]
  • Located in time zone: Europe/Athens[14], Europe/Brussels[15], Europe/London[16], Kaliningrad Time[17], Europe/Moscow[18], Europe/Istanbul[19]
  • Has part(s): Northern Europe[20], Northeastern Europe[21], Southern Europe[22], Southeast Europe[23], Eastern Europe[24], Western Europe[25], Central Europe[26], South-West Europe[27], Northwestern Europe[28], United Kingdom[29]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 200000 BC[30], 1200000 BC[31]
  • Highest point: Mount Elbrus[32]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Northern Hemisphere[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Europe[34]
  • Commons gallery: Europe[35]
  • Described at URL: https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Europe[36]
  • Population: 423,000,000[37], 320,000,000[38], 742,452,000[39], 741,447,158[40], 694,500,000[41], 744,831,142[42], 744,094,971[43]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Europe[44]
  • Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[45], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[46]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Europe include Indo-European[47], a language family[48]; euro[49], a currency[50], in Austria[51], founded in 1999[52]; Europe[53], a musical group[54], founded in 1978[55]; Eurasian Nuthatch[56]; Europa-Park[57]; European Central Bank[58]; Atlantropa[59]; and European Article Number[60].

Why It Matters

Europe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Europe is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Europe has been cited as an influence by Lydia Cabrera[63], a writer[64], 1900–1991[65], of Cuba[66], awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Miami[67], specialised in anthropological research[68].

Entities named for Europe include Indo-European[47], a language family[48]; euro[49], a currency[50], in Austria[51], founded in 1999[52]; Europe[53], a musical group[54], founded in 1978[55]; Eurasian Nuthatch[56]; Europa-Park[57]; and European Central Bank[58].

FAQs

Who did Europe influence?

Europe has been cited as an influence by Lydia Cabrera[63].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . population.un.org. population.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . worldometers.info. Retrieved . worldometers.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 408
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv, mag */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 10d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    Sitelink count → 408
    P14968 → 1901
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2035, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  3. 18d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → europe, europes
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: europes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657849|europes (#144657849)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #m"
  4. 4w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    J-global id → 200906040964955326
    Sitelink count → 408
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906040964955326, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262114318|Europe (#262114318)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL techn"
  5. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000599
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  6. 6w ago · Ueschar · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Europeaan'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'European'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Europäer'} +47
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Coordinates of easternmost point: 76°42'9.4"N, 69°5'23.1"E"
  7. 6w ago · Ueschar · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Europeaan'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'European'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Europäer'} +47
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Demonym: Еўрапеец"
  8. 8w ago · Maxime Ravel · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14840 → 20
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14840: 20"
  9. 8w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → part of the world, continent, region +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Archive of our own tag: Europe"
  10. 12w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → part of the world, continent, region +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: continent"
  11. 12w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → europa-1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: europa-1"
  12. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Europe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Europe, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  13. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Bisha governorate
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27135, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  14. 14w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5909
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5909, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478253|EUROPE (#167478253)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  15. 15w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → part of the world, continent, region +1
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  16. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Europalexikon id → 176848
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Europalexikon id: 176848, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112025486|Europa (#112025486)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4371|Europalexikon]] #mix'n'mat"
  17. 16w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mapcarta id → Europe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Mapcarta id: Europe"
  18. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77798
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 77798, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  19. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 2567
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 2567, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284805|Europe (#107284805)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical"
  20. 18w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of southernmost point → {'lat': 34.80088888888889, 'lon': 24.122194444444446}
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Europeaan'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'European'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Europäer'} +47
    Coordinates of northernmost point → {'lat': 81.8545, 'lon': 59.24352777777778}
    Coordinates of easternmost point → {'lat': 76.70261111111111, 'lon': 69.08975}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ World encyclopedia of puppetry arts id: europe, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78448619|Europe (#78448619)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2703|World En"
  21. 18w ago · BSRF · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of westernmost point → {'lat': 38.60252777777778, 'lon': -28.834777777777777}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Coordinates of westernmost point: 38°36'9.1"N, 28°50'5.2"W"
  22. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001900-Evropa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001900-Evropa, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  23. 20w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → autre-region/wd/118736, divers/wd/184804
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Larousse id: autre-region/wd/118736"
  24. 23w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → europe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: europe, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927274|europe (#289927274)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  25. 24w ago · Lyonrail · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 11931301w
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bibliothèque nationale de france id: 11931301w"
  26. 25w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → —
    Termdat concept id → 150566
    Short name → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '欧'}, {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '歐'}, {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '欧'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||hak, dtp, gom, tum, koi, ksh, zh-min-nan, cbk-zam, be-x-old, kaj, pnt, bbc, bh, kge, bar, ts, to, li, no, vls, mzn, bew, als, ady, arz, btm, avk, ig, gag, myv"
  27. 25w ago · Amadalvarez · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Short name → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '欧'}, {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '歐'}, {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '欧'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: EU"
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