Euroland

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Europe; the European Union (or formerly the European Economic Community). dated, humorous, rare, sometimes

    "The banks might be small, or they might have recognizable names: Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Algemeine Nederland—all chartered Offshore and doing business in Euroland."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Euroland (“the group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    The group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency. dated, humorous, rare, sometimes

    "Marie lives in France, which is part of Euroland."

Example

More examples

"The banks might be small, or they might have recognizable names: Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Algemeine Nederland—all chartered Offshore and doing business in Euroland."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Partly from Euro- + -land and partly (in later use) from euro + -land. Saw some use around 1998–2002 when the euro was being introduced.

Etymology 2

From euro + -land.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.