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Europa

See also: Europą, Európa, Euròpa, Eùropa, eŭropa, Eurōpa, and Eŭropa

English

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From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), a character name in Greek mythology. Doublet of Europe.

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  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹoʊpə/
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The moon Europa

Europa

  1. (Greek mythology) Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
  3. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
  4. (astronomy) 52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

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Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
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moons 		— — Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
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Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
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Afrikaans

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From Dutch Europa.

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Europa

  1. Europe

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Asturian

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Europa f

  1. Europe
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Europa f

  1. Europe
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Danish

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Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)

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Europa

  1. Europe

Dutch

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From Middle Dutch europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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  • IPA(key): /øːˈroːpaː/, [øˑˈroːpaˑ], [ʏˑˈroːpaˑ]
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  • Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa
  • Rhymes: -oːpaː

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Europa n (adjective Europees, demonym Europeaan m or Europese f)

  1. The continent Europe

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  • Afrikaans: Europa
  • Negerhollands: Juropa
  • → Malay: Eropah

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Europa f

  1. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
  2. A moon of Jupiter

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing in 2021 from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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  • IPA(key): /e.u.ɾo.pa/
  • Hyphenation: E‧u‧ro‧pa
  • Rhymes: -ɾo.pa

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Europa

  1. The continent Europe

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Galician

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, from Latin Eurōpa.

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  • IPA(key): /ewˈɾɔpa/ [ewˈɾɔ.pɐ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔpa
  • Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa

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Europa

  1. Europe
  2. (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
  3. (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
  4. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

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Europa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Europa or Europas or Europens)

  1. The continent Europe
    Deutschland liegt im Herzen Europas.
    Germany lies in the heart of Europe.
  2. The European legal space; the territory characterized by the European Union

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Declension of Europa [sg-only, neuter // feminine (rare), strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein, eine das, die Europa
genitive eines, einer des, der Europa, Europas, Europens1
dative einem, einer dem, der Europa
accusative ein, eine das, die Europa

1Now rare.

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(continents) Erdteil, Kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Nordamerika, Südamerika), Antarktika, Asien, Europa, Ozeanien (Category: de:Continents)

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Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

  1. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
  2. A moon of Jupiter

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  • “Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Europe, French Europe, German Europa, Italian Europa, Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), Spanish Europa, ultimately from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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  • IPA(key): /ew.ˈro.pa/, /ɛw.ˈɾɔ.pa/

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Europa

  1. Europe

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Europa

  1. Europe
  2. Europa

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From Latin Eurōpa.

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  • IPA(key): /ewˈrɔ.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpa
  • Hyphenation: Eu‧rò‧pa
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Europa f

  1. (continent) Europe
    Hypernym: Eurasia
  2. (nautical, sailing, sports) Europe (an olympic sailing class)
  3. (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
  4. (astronomy, asteroid) 52 Europa
  5. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
  6. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)
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Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
Star Sole
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Mercurio Venere Terra Marte Cerere Giove Saturno Urano Nettuno Plutone Eris (Eride)
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moons 		— — Luna Fobos
Deimos 		— Io
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Ganimede
Callisto 		Mimas
Encelado
Teti
Dione
Rea
Titano
Giapeto
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
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Oberon 		Tritone Caronte Disnomia

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Europa seated on a bull (Jupiter in disguise), in fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD.
 
The world according to Herodotus showing Europa near the top of the map.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa); cognate with Attic Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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Eurōpa f sg (genitive Eurōpae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Phoenician king Agenor who was abducted by Jupiter and carried to Crete)
  2. 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.
  3. (New Latin, astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)
  4. (New Latin, astronomy) 52 Europa (main belt asteroid)

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Eurōpa
Genitive Eurōpae
Dative Eurōpae
Accusative Eurōpam
Ablative Eurōpā
Vocative Eurōpa

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References

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  • “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 and Roman 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

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Europa

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Europà f stress pattern 2

  1. Europe (continent)

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    Declension of Europà
nominative Europà
genitive Euròpos
dative Euròpai
accusative Euròpą
instrumental Europà
locative Euròpoje
vocative Euròpa


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Etymology

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From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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Europa

  1. Europe (continent)
    Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.
    She can name all the capitals in Europe.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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Europa

  1. Europe (continent)
    Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.
    She can name all the capitals in Europe.

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Inherited from Latin Eurōpa.

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Europa f

  1. Europe (a continent)
    • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “A Reſpoſta q̃ Eỹtor dou a Reỹ Priamos ſſeu padre”, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle]‎[2], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 19:
      Et ſen falla os de europa ſon amelloꝛ cauallaría do mũdo nẽ q̃ maỹs ſaben de gerra.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Europa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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  • IPA(key): /ɛwˈrɔ.pa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔpa
  • Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

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Europa f

  1. Europe
    Europa Północna ― Northern Europe
  2. (Greek mythology) Europa (princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
  3. Europa (moon of Jupiter)

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Declension of Europa
singular
nominative Europa
genitive Europy
dative Europie
accusative Europę
instrumental Europą
locative Europie
vocative Europo

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Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star Słońce
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notable dwarf planets 		Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton —
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moons 		— — Księżyc Fobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon 		Tryton Charon —

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  • Europa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Europa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, from Latin Eurōpa.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pɐ/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɔ.pɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pa/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɔ.pa]

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Europa f

  2. Europe (a continent)
  4. (Greek mythology) Europa (Phoenician princess)
  6. (astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Europa.

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Romanian

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Europa f

  1. Europe (a continent)
  2. Europa (goddess)
  3. Europa (moon of Jupiter)

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declension of Europa (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) Europă Europa
genitive/dative (unei) Europe Europei
vocative Europă, Europo
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From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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L'Europa f

  1. Europe
  2. (astronomy) Europa

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /eurǒːpa/
  • Hyphenation: E‧u‧ro‧pa

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Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)

  1. (Croatia) Europe
  2. (Croatia) Europa

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Declension of Europa
singular
nominative Europa
genitive Europe
dative Europi
accusative Europu
vocative Europo
locative Europi
instrumental Europom

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Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

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  • IPA(key): /ɛwˈɾɔ.pa/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /iwˈɾu.pa/ (sicilianized)
  • Hyphenation: Eu‧rò‧pa

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Europa f

  1. (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
  2. (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
  3. (astronomy, asteroid) 52 Europa
  4. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
  5. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)

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  • IPA(key): /euˈɾopa/ [eu̯ˈɾo.pa]
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

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Europa f

  1. 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)
  2. (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
  3. (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
  4. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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Europa n (genitive Europas)

  1. Europe, the westernmost part of the Eurasian continent, north of Africa and west of Asia

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Europa c (genitive Europas)

  1. Europa (goddess)
  2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

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Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

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Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

  1. Europe (a continent)
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  • “Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Europa

  1. (Greek mythology) Europa
  2. (astronomy) Europa
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