What is the meaning of Europe?

noun

• The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles.
• An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
  • usage: "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"
  • synonyms: European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market
• The nations of the European continent collectively.
  • usage: "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II"