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Central European

Central European adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.

Adjective

Central European (not comparable)

  1. 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

Noun

Central European (plural Central Europeans)

  1. A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of Central European

pluralCentral Europeans

Origin of Central European

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

Words formed from Central European

Words that rhyme with Central European

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Questions about Central European

What does Central European mean?
Central European means of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
What part of speech is Central European?
Central European can be an adjective or a noun.

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