Panogona kuve nekumwe kuvhiringidzika mukushandiswa kwemazwi "Europe" y "European Union", iwo maviri anoshandiswa mukuchinjana, asi zvinoratidza zvakajeka zvinhu zviviri zvakasiyana. Kubvisa kusahadzika kupi nekupi, isu ticha tsanangura muchinyorwa chino mutsauko uripakati pe Europe y Unión European kuitira kuti ushandise mazwi maviri aya nemazvo.
Europe iyo ndeimwe yemakondinendi mashanu anoumba nyika. Miganhu yayo ine makakatanwa, asi inowanzoonekwa seyakaganhurwa neArctic Ocean kuchamhembe, Gungwa reMediterranean kumaodzanyemba, Atlantic Ocean kumadokero, uye Asia-yakasungwa neUral Mountains, Rwizi rweUral, neCaspian. Gungwa, nzvimbo yemakomo eCaucasus, Gungwa Dema neBosphorus.
Europe ine vanhu vanopfuura mamirioni 739 mukati 45 States: Albania, Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia (chikamu chete chinoonekwa seEuropean), San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden Switzerland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, The Vatican .
Pane kusiyana mune dzenyika kana kwete dzedzimwe nyika kumakondinendi eEurope: Turkey, Armenia, Georgia neAzerbaijan dzimwe nguva dzinoonekwa sechikamu cheEurope nekuti vari kutenderera muEurope neAsia, uye nekuda kwenhoroondo yakajairika.
La Unión European Mubatanidzwa wezvematongerwo enyika neupfumi weimwe nyika dzeEurope. Izvozvi inoumbwa nenyika makumi maviri nesere, asi inosanganisa nhengo nyowani nguva dzose. Nyika dzinoumba European Union ndidzo dzinotevera: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Nyika Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia neSweden.
La UE Mubatanidzwa wepasirose kusimudzira kusangana pakati penhengo dzayo. Yakagadzwa yakadaro muna1993 neChibvumirano cheEuropean, kunyange hachiripo kubvira 1951 muchimiro che European Coal neSimbi Nharaunda uye neEuropean Economic Community.
La Unión European Inoumbwa nemasangano akasiyana siyana anoshandisa simba rakapihwa nenyika dzenhengo dzeEuropean Union. Iwo makuru acho iEuropean Paramende, iyo Commission European, European Council, European Court of Justice ne European Central Bank.