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> Eastern Europe, Northern Europe etc are not "continental"?

Continental is British English, and in typical standard, it’s ambiguous [1].

I’m arguing that when Americans say European in a cultural context (note: not geographic, geopolitical or historical), we more often than not borrow that British sense. (Consider, for example, the “continental” breakfast [2].)

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/conti... especially, but not exclusively, Western Europe

[2] https://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-a-continental-breakfast-an...