non-European

adjective

non-Eu·​ro·​pe·​an ˌnän-ˌyu̇r-ə-ˈpē-ən How to pronounce non-European (audio)
-ˈpēn
: not of, relating to, or characteristic of Europe or its people : not European
non-European languages/populations
non-European noun
met many non-Europeans during her travels

Examples of non-European in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first non-European Union spot went to Perth, Australia, No. 14. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2024 In 2020, a panel of U.N. experts said Denmark’s policy threatened discrimination against the country’s non-White, non-European minorities. Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 The move was followed by a new law giving the government the power to block a non-European investor from buying a ten percent or higher stake (down from 25 percent) in a German business. Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019 Without datasets in non-European ancestry populations, other racial demographic groups could be left out of that progress. Angus Chen, STAT, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for non-European 

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of non-European was in 1842

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“Non-European.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-European. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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