Europa
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), a character name in Greek mythology. Doublet of Europe.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa
- (Greek mythology) Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
- (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
- (astronomy) 52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.
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TranslationsEdit
princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
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a moon of Jupiter
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AfrikaansEdit
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Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Europa
See alsoEdit
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktika, Asië, Australië, Europa, Oseanië (Category: af:Continents)
AsturianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
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CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
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See alsoEdit
- (continents) continent; Àfrica, Amèrica, Amèrica del Nord/Nord-amèrica, Amèrica del Sud/Sud-amèrica, Antàrtida, Àsia, Europa, Oceania (Category: ca:Continents) [edit]
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
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Europa n
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DescendantsEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
FarefareEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing in 2021 from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
PronunciationEdit
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Europa
HyponymsEdit
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Europa
- Europe
- (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
- (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
- (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía (Category: es:Continents)
- (moon of Jupiter): Calisto, Ganímedes, Ío
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GermanEdit
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Proper nounEdit
Europa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Europa or Europas or Europens)
- The continent Europe
- Deutschland liegt im Herzen Europas.
- Germany lies in the heart of Europe.
- The European legal space; the territory characterized by the European Union
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Europa [sg-only, neuter // feminine (rare), strong]
Coordinate termsEdit
(continents) Erdteil, Kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Nordamerika, Südamerika), Antarktika, Asien, Europa, Ozeanien (Category: de:Continents)
Related termsEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)
Further readingEdit
- “Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Europe, French Europe, German Europa, Italian Europa, Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), Spanish Europa, ultimately from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa (Category: io:Continents)
InterlinguaEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
- (continent) Europe
- Hypernym: Eurasia
- (nautical, sailing, sports) Europe (an olympic sailing class)
- (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
- (astronomy, asteroid) 62 Europa
- (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
- (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)
Related termsEdit
- eurasiatico
- euro
- euro-
- eurocentrismo
- eurocentristico
- eurocity
- eurocomunismo
- eurocomunista
- eurocomunistico
- eurocrate
- eurodeputato
- eurodivisa
- eurodollaro
- euromercato
- euromoneta
- Europa centrale
- Europa meridionale
- Europa occidentale
- Europa orientale
- Europa settentrionale
- europarlamento
- europeismo
- europeista
- europeizzare
- europeo
- europio
- europoide
- euroscudo
- eurosocialismo
- eurosocialista
- eurovisione
See alsoEdit
- (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents)
| Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Star | Sole | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercurio | Venere | Terra | Marte | Cerere | Giove | Saturno | Urano | Nettuno | Plutone | Eris (Eride) | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Luna | Fobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganimede Callisto |
Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Tritone | Caronte | Disnomia | |||||||
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈroː.pa/, [ɛu̯ˈroːpä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈro.pa/, [eu̯ˈrɔːpä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Eurōpa f sg (genitive Eurōpae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Phoenician king Agenor who was abducted by Jupiter and carried to Crete)
- Europe
- 43, Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis, book 1, chapter 3:
- Brevis Europae descriptio.—Europa terminos habet, ab oriente Tanain et Maeotida et Pontum; a meridie reliqua nostri maris; ab occidente Atlanticum; a septentrione Britannicum oceanum. (genitive and nomitive cases)
- A brief description of Europe.—Europe's borders, on the east are Tanais, Maeotida, and Pontus; on the south, the rest of our sea; on the west, the side of the Atlantic; north of the British Ocean.
- ca. 415, Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 6, section 661:
- Quartus vero et magnus Europae sinus ab Hellesponto incipiens Maeotis ostio terminatur. Nam arctum mare inter Europam et Asiam in angustias septem stadiorum interfluens coarctatur; quas angustias Hellespontum dicunt, ubi Xerxes Persidis rex aggregatis navibus ponteque constructo exercitum duxit. (genitive and accusative cases)
- The fourth and great bay of Europe, beginning from the Hellespont, terminates at the mouth of the Maeotis. For the narrow sea flowing between Europe and Asia is confined to a narrow strip of seven furlongs; which they call the narrows of the Hellespont, where Xerxes, king of the Persians, assembled his ships and led his army under a bridge.
- 43, Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis, book 1, chapter 3:
- (New Latin, astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)
- (New Latin, astronomy) 52 Europa (main belt asteroid)
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Eurōpa |
| Genitive | Eurōpae |
| Dative | Eurōpae |
| Accusative | Eurōpam |
| Ablative | Eurōpā |
| Vocative | Eurōpa |
Derived termsEdit
- Eurōpaeus (“of Europa, of Europe”, adjective)
- Eurōpēnsis (“of Europe”, adjective)
DescendantsEdit
- → Bulgarian: Европа (Evropa)
- Catalan: Europa
- → Middle English: Europe
- → Dutch: Europa
- → Indonesian: Eropa
- French: Europe
- → German: Europa
- Italian: Europa
- → Mandarin: 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (Ōuluóbā)
- Portuguese: Europa
- → Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)
- Romanian: Europa
- Sicilian: Aurupa
- Spanish: Europa
- → Russian: Европа (Jevropa)
ReferencesEdit
- “Europa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Europa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “Europa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Europa”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Europa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
LithuanianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
- Europe (continent)
DeclensionEdit
declension of Europa
Related termsEdit
- europietis m, europietė f
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa
- Europe (continent)
- Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.
- She can name all the capitals in Europe.
- Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from Europa
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika (Category: no:Continents)
ReferencesEdit
- “Europa” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Europe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
Proper nounEdit
Europa
- Europe (continent)
- Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.
- She can name all the capitals in Europe.
- Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from Europa
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Europa
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
- Europe (a continent)
- (Greek mythology) Europa (Phoenician princess)
- (astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Europa.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
DeclensionEdit
declension of Europa (singular only)
Related termsEdit
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
Proper nounEdit
L'Europa f
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Evrópa (Bosnian, Serbian)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Europa
| singular | |
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| nominative | Europa |
| genitive | Europe |
| dative | Europi |
| accusative | Europu |
| vocative | Europo |
| locative | Europi |
| instrumental | Europom |
SicilianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
- (continent) Europe (the portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean)
- Hypernym: Euràsia
- (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
- (astronomy, asteroid) 62 Europa
- (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
- (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa f
- Europe (the portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean)
- (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
- (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
- (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)
See alsoEdit
- (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía (Category: es:Continents)
Further readingEdit
- “Europa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Europa n (genitive Europas)
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Proper nounEdit
Europa c (genitive Europas)
TagalogEdit
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EtymologyEdit
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Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ or ᜁᜂᜇᜓᜉ)
- Europe (a continent)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018