European country
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país europeo
- In many European countries, students receive free education until they finish university.
- Eastern European countries
- other European countries
- central European countries
OK, so Greece is in Europe and many European countries use the euro.
- OK, so Greece is in Europe and many European countries use the euro.
- Bulgaria is an Eastern European country next to Romania and Greece.
- This is why in the past year, several European countries have trialled electric highways.
- Well, to this day, right, there are socialist parties in all the European countries.
- The state of Yucatan has a murder rate which is comparable to European countries.
- Health professionals make up a large group of top earners in several European countries.
- But the change in US strategy will have come too late for the Eastern European countries.
- But, you know, the bigger shareholders are after the US, Japan, a number of European countries, and it sort of goes down, you know, from there.
- It was one-of-a-kind and then operated mostly in Asia, one or two European countries.
- And it's Yemen and and it's so many other places that don't have the same degree of attention that a European country like Ukraine has.
- And this is big countries and little countries, Asian countries and European countries, centralized countries and decentralized countries.
Examples
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OK, so Greece is in Europe and many European countries use the euro.
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This is why in the past year, several European countries have trialled electric highways.
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I mean, the truth of the matter is that in most of the European countries, people have healthcare as a right.
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The secretary general of the United Nations got calls from most European countries, from the governments.
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More than 200 users in 12 European countries now use the software.
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Tax in this country is lower than in many other European countries and half the rate of VAT.
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Apart from Ireland, no other European country experienced greater population expansion in the 19th century.
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Unemployment also grew in other European countries, although not as rapidly as in Finland.
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A number of European countries have already outlawed homeschooling.
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Patients were randomized from 108 centers in 12 European countries and from 1 in Israel.
Academic text (1994)
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Morphology
The meaning 'a country located within the continent of Europe' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'European' (connected with Europe) with 'country' (a nation). This ADJ+NOUN composition is a basic, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
European country joins European, which comes from 'Europe', and country to create the clear image of a nation that is part of Europe. So it means 'a country in Europe'.