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Fortress Europe

Fortress Europe proper noun: the areas of continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.

Proper noun

Fortress Europe

  1. (historical) The areas of continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.

Origin of Fortress Europe

A calque of German Festung Europa.

Questions about Fortress Europe

What does Fortress Europe mean?
Fortress Europe means the areas of continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.
What part of speech is Fortress Europe?
Fortress Europe is a proper noun.

Words near Fortress Europe in the dictionary

  1. FORTRAN
  2. Fortranlike
  3. fortravel
  4. fortread
  5. fortress
  6. Fortress Europe
  7. Fortress Hill
  8. fortresse
  9. fortressed
  10. fortresses
  11. fortressing

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