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Northern Europe

Definition: Northern Europe

Northern Europe

Noun

1. The northernmost countries of Europe.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Northern Europe

Specialty definitions using "northern Europe": Allied Air Forces Northern Europedemosceneice sheetNorthern Europe cotton priceRunesYankee. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Northern Europe

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

'Northern Europe'\ includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

Subdivisions within the group includes:

A related term, the Baltic sea countries also includes Germany, Poland and Russia.

Due to their recent history, the Baltic States often are considered to be part of Eastern Europe although they belong geographically and culturally to Northern Europe. A compromise terminology for the Baltic states is "Northeastern Europe".

In a European Union context Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands are often seen as belonging to the northern group.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Northern Europe."

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Commercial Usage: Northern Europe

DomainTitle

Books

  • Accentual Change and Language Contact: Comparative Survey and a Case Study of Early Northern Europe (reference)

  • Law and the Governance of Renewable Resources: Studies from Northern Europe and Africa (reference)

  • Rose Cross over the Baltic: The Spread of Rosicrucianism in Northern Europe (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Vol 87) (reference)

  • The Saltatoria - Bush-Crickets, Crickets and Grass-Hoppers - Of Northern Europe (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica) (reference)

  • History and Images: Towards a New Iconology (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe, 5) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Northern Europe

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These disorders appear to be more common in Finland, Sweden, other parts of northern Europe, and Newfoundland, Canada. (references)

Low risk destinations include Canada, Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and a number of the Caribbean islands. (references)

Investigations in northern Europe and America have detected three HLAs that are more prevalent in people with MS than in the general population. (references)

Business

Chemical fertilizers are imported from Russia, U.S., Canada, Ukraine, the Mid-East area, and northern Europe. (references)

Southern Europe, with its beach resorts and warm weather, has many popular destinations, contrary to Northern Europe and its cooler climate. (references)

According to MOET, about 16,000 students went abroad for training from 1997 to 1999. Russia and Eastern European was the destination for 53.3% of these students; 30.6% went to Western and Northern Europe; 6.8% to Australia and New Zealand; 6.7% to Asia; 0.9% to the US and Canada; and 0.3% to Latin America. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Business takes longer as compared to northern Europe because personal contacts are important. (references)

Spain

Domestic production and supplies from Northern Europe are the primary competitors in this market. (references)

Finland

Situated in northern Europe, Finland is a country with an open market economy; about 40 percent of GDP comes from foreign trade. (references)

Worker Rights

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis are trafficked into northern Europe, particularly to the Netherlands and Germany, where many unsuccessfully seek asylum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Northern Europe

Expression using "northern Europe": Allied Air Forces Northern Europe. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Northern Europe

Language Translations for "northern Europe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

Geallieerde Luchtstrijdkrachten Noord-Europa (Allied Air Forces Northern Europe). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Pohjois-Eurooppa. (various references)

   

French

  

Forces Alliées Aériennes du Nord-Europe (Allied Air Forces Northern Europe). (various references)

   

German

  

Alliierte Luftstreitkräfte Europa Nord (Allied Air Forces Northern Europe). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

北欧 (land of the Norsemen, Scandinavia). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほくおう (land of the Norsemen, Scandinavia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orthernnay europeay

   

Turkish

  

kuzey avrupa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Northern Europe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-n-n-o-o-p-r-r-r-t-u"

-4 letters: northerner, reenthrone.

-5 letters: prereturn, thereupon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Northern Europe


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 6F 72 74 68 65 72 6E      45 75 72 6F 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101110 00100000 01000101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#114 &#110 &#32 &#69 &#117 &#114 &#111 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 006F 0072 0074 0068 0065 0072 006E      0045 0075 0072 006F 0070 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48818486747184802398784818271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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