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*as of ‘16 NOVEMBER 2023’*
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*AKA* –>
“mainland europe”
“the continent”
(by europeans)
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*’continental europe’ is the continuous continent of ‘europe’, including ‘surrounding islands’*
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(the most common definition of ‘continental europe’ excludes ‘continental islands’, encompassing…)
‘the greek islands’
‘cyprus’
‘malta’
‘sicily’
‘sardinia’
‘corsica’
‘the balearic islands’
‘ireland’
‘great britain’
*the ‘isle of man’*
‘the channel islands’
‘novaya zemlya’
*the ‘danish archipelago’*
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(as well as nearby ‘oceanic islands’, including…)
‘the canary islands’
‘madeira’
‘the azores’
‘iceland’
‘the faroe islands’
‘svalbard’
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(the ‘scandinavian peninsula’ is sometimes also excluded, as even though it is technically part of “mainland europe”, the de facto connections to the rest of the continent are across the ‘baltic sea’ or ‘north sea’ (rather than via the lengthy ‘land route’ that involves traveling to the north of the peninsula where it meets ‘finland’, and then south through ‘north-east europe’))
(the notion of ‘europe’ as a ‘geopolitical’ or ‘cultural’ term is centered on core europe (Kerneuropa), the continental territory of the historical ‘Carolingian Empire’ and the core of ‘Latin Christendom’, corresponding to modern ‘France’, ‘Italy’, ‘Germany’ (or German-speaking Europe) and the ‘Benelux’ states (historical ‘Austrasia’))
(this historical core of “carolingian europe” was consciously invoked in the 1950s as the historical ethno-cultural basis for the prospective ‘european integration’)
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(see also ‘multi-speed europe’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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