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Europa

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

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

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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
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Afrikaans

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From Dutch Europa.

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Europa

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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Europa f

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
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Europa f

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
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Etymology

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Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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Europa

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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

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Europa f

  1. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
  2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)

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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. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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Franco-Provençal

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From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa), a character in Greek mythology.

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Europa f (ORB, broad)

  1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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  • Europe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • Europa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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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 (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
    2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
    3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
    4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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    German

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    Etymology

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      From Middle High German Eurōpā, borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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

      1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
        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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      Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

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

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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 (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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      Interlingua

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      Europa

      1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
      2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
      3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
      4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

      Italian

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      Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa.

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

      1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
        Hypernym: Eurasia
      2. (nautical, sailing, sports) Europe (an olympic sailing class)
      3. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
      4. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
      5. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)
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      Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
      Star Sole
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      notable dwarf planets       		Mercurio Venere Terra Marte Cerere Giove Saturno Urano Nettuno Plutone Eris (Eride)
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      moons       		— — Luna Fobos
      Deimos             		— Io
      Europa
      Ganimede
      Callisto             		Mimas
      Encelado
      Teti
      Dione
      Rea
      Titano
      Giapeto
      Miranda
      Ariel
      Umbriel
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      Oberon             		Tritone Caronte Disnomia

      Latin

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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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        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 (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
        2. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
          • 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 (a moon in Jupiter)
        4. (New Latin, astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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        First-declension noun, singular only.

        singular
        nominative Eurōpa
        genitive Eurōpae
        dative Eurōpae
        accusative Eurōpam
        ablative Eurōpā
        vocative Eurōpa

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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

        Lithuanian

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        Europa

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        Europà f stress pattern 2

        1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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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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        Middle High German

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        Etymology

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          Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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          Eurōpā f

          1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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          • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “Europa”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
          • "eurōpā" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

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          Etymology

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

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          • IPA(key): /æuˈruːpa/, [æʉˈɾuːpa]

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          Europa

          1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
            Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.
            She can name all the capitals in Europe.

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          Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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          Europa

          1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
            Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.
            She can name all the capitals in Europe.

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            Learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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            Europa f

            1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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              Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa)bor.
              Polish Europa

              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 (related adjective europejski)

              1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                Europa Północna ― Northern Europe
              2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
              3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
              4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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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
              IAU planets and
              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, borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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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 located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                  • 2005, Wagner Blini, vários autores, Salvando Vida - Com Medicina Natural, Editora DCL, →ISBN, page 215:
                    O abacate é uma fruta de sabor suave e gosto agradável, nem doce e nem amargo. O sabor neutro, aliado à polpa carnuda e macia, faz dele um dos ingredientes mais versáteis da culinária popular. Na Europa e na América Central, o abacate é um importante ingrediente para saladas.
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                  • 2005, Fausto Arnaud Sampaio, Matemágica: História, Aplicações e Jogos Matemáticos, Papirus Editora, →ISBN, page 31:
                    O ábaco foi usado por diversos povos e, até por volta de 1700, foram muito comuns na Europa, quando o cálculo escrito em papel passou a prevalecer.
                    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
                  • 2014, Venceslau de Morais, Paisagens da China e do Japão, Projecto Adamastor, →ISBN, page 97:
                    O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com a Europa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.
                    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
                4. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                6. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                7. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)
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                Europa f

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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                Declension of Europa
                singular only indefinite definite
                nominative-accusative Europă Europa
                genitive-dative Europe Europei
                vocative Europă, Europo
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                Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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                L'Europa f

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

                Serbo-Croatian

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

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                Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па) (Croatia)

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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

                Sicilian

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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. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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

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                Europa f

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
                3. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
                4. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

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                Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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                Europa n (genitive Europas)

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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                Europa c (genitive Europas)

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

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                Tagalog

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                Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

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                Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

                1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
                2. European Union
                  Synonym: Unyong Europeo

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                continents (Latin script): mga kontinenteedit
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                • “Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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                Europa

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