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A European is a person who is either a resident or citizen of one of the countries of Europe.
A number of nations outside of Europe were originally established as colonies of European countries. Many of those nations retain a dominant European population - that is a population whose ancestry, language and culture is largely derived from their European predecessors. European is particularly common as an ethnic descriptor for those populations. While generally established by particular European countries, the immigration policy of these colonies has often been very open and inclusive towards other European nations, and thus a "European" identity has been preferred by government and social institutions over narrower categories such as English, British or German.
Distribution
For a list of European nations, see Europe.
Nations with significant populations with European ancestry:
- United States of America (European American)
- Canada
- Argentina
- South Africa (Afrikaner)
- Zimbabwe
- Australia
- New Zealand (New Zealand European)