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Continental Europe
Mainland Europe, excluding European islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the whole of the European continent excluding its islands, see Europe.
"The Continent" redirects here. For other uses, see Continent (disambiguation).
See also: Pan-European corridors, Trans-European Transport Network, International E-road network, and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.[1] It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent,[2][3] – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by some, simply as the Continent.[4] When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Europe is treated both as a continent and subcontinent.[5]
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