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Afrikaner |
a native South African of European descent, esp. one of Dutch ancestry. |
Armenian |
the Indo-European language of Armenia. [1/3 definitions] |
aurochs |
the now almost extinct European bison. [1/2 definitions] |
Austria |
a central European country that lies between Germany and the Czech Republic to the north and Italy and Slovenia to the south. |
Austria-Hungary |
a former European monarchy composed of the Austrian empire, Hungary, and parts of other countries. |
baccarat |
a card game, often played for high stakes in European casinos, in which the dealer plays against several other players. |
Balkan Peninsula |
a European peninsula between the Adriatic Sea on the west and the Black and Aegean Seas on the east. Some of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula are Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. |
Balkan States |
the countries on the Balkan Peninsula, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and European Turkey; the Balkans. |
Baltic |
of, designating, or pertaining to a group of Indo-European languages that includes Lithuanian and Old Prussian. [1/2 definitions] |
barbel |
any of various European freshwater fishes characterized by these organs. [1/2 definitions] |
beccafico |
any of several small European songbirds, sometimes eaten as a delicacy. |
Belarus |
a European country bordered by Poland, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union; Belorussia; Byelorussia. |
blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
blackthorn |
a thorny European shrub with many branches, bearing white flowers and bluishblack, plumlike fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
bleak2 |
a small European river fish whose silvery scales are used to make artificial pearls. |
bourse |
a stock exchange of a European city, esp. of Paris, France. |
brant |
any of several small dark-colored European or North American geese that breed in arctic regions and migrate south in the fall. |
bullfinch |
a European variety of finch characterized by a short, thick bill and a reddish breast. |
buzzard |
any of several broad-winged European hawks. [1/2 definitions] |
carrion crow |
a common European crow. |
Caucasian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a light-skinned person of European origin. [2/7 definitions] |
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