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Continental Europe

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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.[citation needed] When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Europe is treated both as a continent and subcontinent.[4]

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Extent of the contiguous mainland of Europe, continental Europe