Euroland

Partly from Euro- +‎ -land and partly (in later use) from euro +‎ -land.^[1] Saw some use around 1998–2002 when the euro was being introduced.

Euroland (dated, rare, sometimes humorous)

1. (originally) Europe; the European Union (or formerly the European Economic Community).
   • 1981, Adam Smith [pseudonym; George Goodman], “The Proliferating Dollar: How the Key Currency Got Debased”, in Paper Money, New York, N.Y.: Summit Books, →ISBN, pages 124–125:

     The banks might be small, or they might have recognizable names: Chase, Citicorp, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Algemeine Nederland—all chartered Offshore and doing business in Euroland.

   • 1981 February 11, “One man’s stand against paper-mountain of Euroland”, in Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham, West Midlands, →OCLC, Evening Mail News Extra Two
   • 1990 December 16, John Naughton, “Jamboree in the fair city of empty pockets”, in Observer, number 109392, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1:

     No doubt she had to append numerous documents detailing how the proposal would speed the harmonisation of tariff structures, improve the efficiency of intergovernmental consultation processes, etc, etc, for that is the way these things are done in Euroland.

2. (now chiefly) The group of countries in Europe that use the euro for currency.

   Alternative form: euroland

   Synonym: Eurozone

   Marie lives in France, which is part of Euroland.

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