A sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece

A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.

(archaic, politics) Ottoman Empire. / (politics) Any European country undergoing economic difficulty.

(politics) A name given to several similar hypothetical scenarios of the unification of Europe, as a single nation and a single federation of states, similar to the United States of America.

A species of fish in the family Percidae, Perca fluviatilis.

plural of European river lamprey

A European species of lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.

A earwig that is destructive to cultivated bulbs (Forficula auricularius).

A common arachnid (Araneus diadematus).

(Indo-European studies) A scientist (usually a linguist or anthropologist) engaged in Indo-European studies.