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Central Europe
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English
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Pronunciation
en /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊəɹəp/ RP
en /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊɹəp/ US
en en-us-Central Europe.ogg US
Proper noun
Central Europe
en Q27509en A <<geographic region>> in the center of <<cont/Europe>>, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.
en 1996 Lonnie R. Johnson Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends 4 Western Christendom's centuries-long confrontation with the Oriental and Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks also helped define Central Europe as a cultural and historical region.
en 18 August 2026 brdmoedr 2089771084790776298 Central Europe was a concept invented in 1991 by tourism agencies in order to sell as many Prague trips as possible.
Usage notes
The boundaries of Central Europe are not precisely delineated and may vary according to differing interpretations. Nevertheless, it is generally understood to extend from France and the Low Countries in the west to the borders of the former Soviet Union in the east, and from the Baltic Sea in the north to Italy and the Adriatic Sea in the south.
Quotations
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Coordinate terms
en Eastern Europe European Russia etc.
Derived terms
en Central Europe Time
en Central European
Related terms
en East-Central Europe
Translations
geographical region in the center of Europe
Albanian: sq Evropa e Mesme f, sq Evropa Qendrore f
Arabic: ar أُورُوبَا الْوَسَطَى f
Armenian: hy Կենտրոնական Եվրոպա
Azerbaijani: az Mərkəzi Avropa
Belarusian: be Цэнтра́льная Еўро́па f, be Цэнтра́льная Эўро́па f
Bengali: bn মধ্য ইউরোপ
Bulgarian: bg Центра́лна Евро́па f
Catalan: ca Europa Central f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 中歐 Zhōng'ōu
Czech: cs střední Evropa f
Danish: da Mellemeuropa n, da Centraleuropa n
Dutch: nl Midden-Europa n, nl Centraal-Europa n
Estonian: et Kesk-Euroopa
Faroese: fo Miðevropa n
Finnish: fi Keski-Eurooppa
French: fr Europe centrale f
Georgian: ka ცენტრალური ევროპა
German: de Mitteleuropa n, de Zentraleuropa n
Greek: el Κεντρική Ευρώπη f
Hebrew: he מרכז אירופה f merkáz eirópa
Hindi: hi मध्य यूरोप m
Hungarian: hu Közép-Európa
Icelandic: is Mið-Evrópa f
Indonesian: id Eropa Tengah
Irish: ga Eoraip Láir f an Eoraip Láir
Italian: it Europa centrale f
Japanese: ja 中央ヨーロッパ ちゅうおうヨーロッパ, Chūō Yōroppa, ja 中欧 ちゅうおう, Chūō
Kazakh: kk Орталық Еуропа
Khmer: km អឺរ៉ុបកណ្តាល
Korean: ko ^중앙유럽, ko ^중구(中歐)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Ewropaya Navendî
Kyrgyz: ky Борбордук Европа
Lao: lo ເອີລົບກາງ, lo ເອີຣົບກາງ
Latvian: lv Centrāleiropa f
Lithuanian: lt Centrinė Europa f
Luxembourgish: lb Mëtteleuropa
Macedonian: mk Центра́лна Евро́па f
Malay: ms Eropah Tengah
Maltese: mt Ewropa Ċentrali f L-Ewropa Ċentrali
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Төв Европ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sentral-Europa n
Persian: fa اروپای مرکزی orupâ-ye markazi
Polish: pl Europa Środkowa f
Portuguese: pt Europa Central f
Romanian: ro Europa Centrală f
Russian: ru Центра́льная Евро́па f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сре̏дња̄ Евро́па f, sh Сре̏дња̄ Еуро́па f
Latin: sh Srȅdnjā Evrópa f, sh Srȅdnjā Európa f
Slovak: sk Stredná Európa f
Slovene: sl Srédnja Evrópa f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Srjejźna Europa f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Srjedźna Europa f
Spanish: es Europa Central f
Swedish: sv Centraleuropa n, sv Mellaneuropa n
Tagalog: tl Gitnang Europa
Tajik: tg Аврупои Марказӣ
Tatar: tt Үзәк Аурупа
Thai: th ยุโรปกลาง
Turkish: tr Orta Avrupa
Turkmen: tk Merkezi Ýewropa
Ukrainian: uk Центра́льна Євро́па f
Urdu: ur وسطی یورپ m vastī yūrap
Uyghur: ug ئوتتۇرا ياۋروپا
Uzbek: uz Markaziy Yevropa
Vietnamese: vi Trung Âu (vi 中歐)
Welsh: cy Canolbarth Ewrop m
Yiddish: yi צענטראַל־אייראָפּע f tsentral-eyrope
Zulu: zu
See also
en Eastern Europe
en Western Europe
en Northern Europe
en Southern Europe