Dictionary

Central European en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
   • Who knows much about the venerable traditions of Central European kingdoms like Poland-Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary and their valiant struggles for freedom? 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5:

Deriveds

Central European Midsummer Time

Translations (32)

ru центра̀льноевропе́йский (of or from Central Europe) · eo mez-eŭropa (of or from Central Europe) · it mitteleuropeo (of or from Central Europe) · ca centreuropeu (of or from Central Europe) · ka ცენტრალური ევროპის (of or from Central Europe) · el κεντροευρωπαϊκός (of or from Central Europe) · ro central-european (of or from Central Europe) · hu közép-európai (of or from Central Europe) · it medieuropeo (of or from Central Europe) · rsk штредньоевропски (of or from Central Europe) · uk центра̀льноєвропе́йський (of or from Central Europe) · eo Centr-Eŭropa (of or from Central Europe) · sv mellaneuropeisk (of or from Central Europe) · ga Lár na hEorpa (of or from Central Europe) · de zentraleuropäisch (of or from Central Europe) · ka ცენტრალურ ევროპული (of or from Central Europe) · de mitteleuropäisch (of or from Central Europe) · ca centreeuropeu (of or from Central Europe) · fr centreuropéen (of or from Central Europe) · fr médioeuropéen (of or from Central Europe) · it centroeuropeo (of or from Central Europe) · bg централноевропейски (of or from Central Europe) · ja 中欧の (of or from Central Europe) · pl centralnoeuropejski (of or from Central Europe) · pl środkowoeuropejski (of or from Central Europe) · sv centraleuropeisk (of or from Central Europe) · cs středoevropský (of or from Central Europe) · fi keskieurooppalainen (of or from Central Europe) · be цэнтральнаеўрапе́йскі (of or from Central Europe) · ja 中央ヨーロッパの (of or from Central Europe) · es centroeuropeo (of or from Central Europe) · cmn 中歐的 /中欧的 (of or from Central Europe)

Central European en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

Meanings

1. A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.
   • Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene national elites have tried desperately to prove that their countries do not belong to the "East"; that they are, indeed, Central Europeans. 2003, Ivan T. Berend, History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, page xiii:
   • Central Europeans also have in their heads a number of different historical maps and milestones that are not particularly well known outside the region or necessarily respected by their neighbors, and they still regularly use them as points of orientation. 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 5:

Forms

Translations (19)

pl środkowa Europejka (Central European person) · ro central-europeană (Central European person) · tr Orta Avrupalı (Central European person) · bg централноевропеец (Central European person) · pl centralny Europejczyk (Central European person) · es centroeuropea (Central European person) · cs Středoevropan (Central European person) · ka ცენტრალური ევროპელი (Central European person) · sv mellaneuropé (Central European person) · ro central-european (Central European person) · de Mitteleuropäerin (Central European person) · bg централноевропейка (Central European person) · es centroeuropeo (Central European person) · pl środkowy Europejczyk (Central European person) · sv centraleuropé (Central European person) · pl centralna Europejka (Central European person) · cs Středoevropanka (Central European person) · de Mitteleuropäer (Central European person) · fi keskieurooppalainen (Central European person)