Some articles on European:
... This proposition has provoked heavy criticism from south European countries, which often distill used mash from wine-making into spirits although higher quality mash is usually distilled ... This regulation was adopted by the European Parliament on June 19, 2007 ...
... European associations with the rat are generally negative ... However, some people in European cultures keep rats as pets and conversely find them to be tame, clean, intelligent, and playful ...
... The 5th Bengal European Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the British East India Company, created in 1858 and disbanded in 1859 ... originally raised in Bengal by the East India Company in 1858 as the 5th Bengal European Light Cavalry, for service in the Indian Mutiny the "European" in the name indicated that it was manned by ... As with all other "European" units of the Company, they were placed under the command of the Crown following the end of the Mutiny in 1858, but the regiment was ...
... GÉANT is the pan-European data network for the research and education community ... Together with European NRENs, GÉANT securely connects 40 million users in over 8,000 institutions in 40 countries ... Co-funded by the European Union and Europe’s NRENs, the GÉANT network has been built and is operated by DANTE, on behalf of the European NRENs ...
... At the time of European encounter, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the area ... The first European settlement in Maine was by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons ... As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen European settlements survived ...
More definitions of "European":
- (adj): Of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe.
Example: "European Community"
Famous quotes containing the word european:
“To the cry of “follow Mormons and prairie dogs and find good land,” Civil War veterans flocked into Nebraska, joining a vast stampede of unemployed workers, tenant farmers, and European immigrants.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“God grant we may not have a European war thrust upon us, and for such a stupid reason too, no I don’t mean stupid, but to have to go to war on account of tiresome Servia beggars belief.”
—Mary (1867–1953)