Southwestern Europe

Southwestern Europe is a region in western and southern . It can be referred to as Latin Europe as, generally speaking, Romance languages and the Roman Catholic Church are endemic, through the heritage of the Roman Empire.
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  • Type: region
  • Description: subregion of the European continent, includes the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding islands
  • Also known as: “South-west Europe”, “South-West Europe”, “Southwest Europe”, “Southwest European”, “Southwest Europeans”, “Southwestern European”, and “Southwestern Europeans”

Southwestern Europe

Latitude of center
43.41° or 43° 24′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
4.77° or 4° 46′ 12″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q2749444
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Southwestern Europe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنوب غرب أوروبا”
  • Basque: “Europako hego-mendebaldea”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম ইউরোপ”
  • Catalan: “Europa del suroest”
  • Czech: “jihozápadní Evropa”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Europa”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Europeaan”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Europeaans”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Europeaanse”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Europeanen”
  • Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Eŭropo”
  • Esperanto: “Suduesta Eŭropo”
  • Finnish: “Lounais-Eurooppa”
  • French: “Europe du Sud-Ouest”
  • French: “Europe Sud-Ouest”
  • German: “Südwesteuropa”
  • Greek: “Νοτιοδυτική Ευρώπη”
  • Japanese: “南西ヨーロッパ”
  • Korean: “남서유럽”
  • Luxembourgish: “Südwesteuropa”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬ ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߮-ߕߟߋ߬ߓߋ”
  • Polish: “Europa Południowo-Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Sudoeste Europeu”
  • Serbian: “Jugo-zapadna Evropa”
  • Slovak: “juhozápadná Európa”
  • Slovenian: “Jugozahodna Evropa”
  • Spanish: “Europa del suroeste”
  • Swedish: “sydvästra Europa”
  • Venetian: “Eoropa sudest”

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