Europa

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

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹoʊpə/

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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.

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
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

From Dutch Europa.

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Europa

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

• Uropa (obsolete)

Europa f

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

• européu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwˈɾo.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ewˈɾo.pa]

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Europa f

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

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

Europa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛu̯ropa]
• Rhymes: -opa

Europa f

2. (inanimate) Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

• “Europa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Europa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

• IPA^(key): [eˈʁoːpʰa]

Europa

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

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

• IPA^(key): /øːˈroːpaː/, [øˑˈroːpaˑ], [ʏˑˈroːpaˑ]

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• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa
• Rhymes: -oːpaː

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Europa

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

• Albagɔ
• Daŋɔ
• Diiki-dapoore-dutsi
• Dusgo
• Dusgo-peelga
• Dutsgo
• Fãreŋo
• Ɩŋɔ
• Malta
• Polgo
• Portugal
• Sɛkɔ
• Sɛpaŋɔ
• Suis-tẽŋa
• Tɩntɩnnɔ
• Tʋrkɔ
• Ukraigo

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

Europa f (ORB, broad)

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ewˈɾɔpa/ [ewˈɾɔ.pɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa

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)

• (moon of Jupiter): Calisto, Ganímedes, Ío

Inherited from Middle High German Eurōpā, a learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key): /ɔʏ̯ˈʁoːpa/

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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

• >? Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (airōppā)

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)

• “Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

• IPA^(key): /ew.ˈro.pa/, /ɛw.ˈɾɔ.pa/

Europa

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

• Europana (“European”)
• Europano (“European”)

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)

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa.

• 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)

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)
Notable moons	—	—	Luna	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Callisto	Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Tritone	Caronte	Disnomia

• Eurōpē

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛu̯ˈroː.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eu̯ˈrɔː.pa]

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

Borrowings:

• “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

Europà f stress pattern 2

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

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

Eurōpā f

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

• German: Europa
  • >? Tamil: ஐரோப்பா (airōppā)

• 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)

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

• IPA^(key): /æuˈruːpa/, [æʉˈɾuːpa]

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.

• “Europa” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Europe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

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.

• Eyropa

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

Europa f

1. Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “A Reſpoſta q̃ Eỹtor dou a Reỹ Priamos ſſeu padre”, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle]‎^[2], Kingdom of Galicia, 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.

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• Fala: Europa
• Galician: Europa
• Portuguese: Europa
  • → Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)
  • → Hunsrik: Ëuropa
  • → Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Europa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Europa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛwˈrɔ.pa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

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)

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	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

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

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

• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa

Europa f (plural Europas)

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.

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   • 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)

3. (informal) synonym of União Europeia (“European Union”)
5. (Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
7. (astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
8. (astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

• Еуропа (Europa) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /e.uˈro.pa/

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)

• “Europa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

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)

• Evrópa (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia)

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

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)

• Aurupa, Arupa (archaic)
• Eurupa, Iurupa (modern sicilianization)

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

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

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)

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

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)

• → Tagalog: Europa, Yuropa
• ⇒ Ye'kwana: Eudojanña

• “Europa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈruːpa/

Europa n (genitive Europas)

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

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)

• Europa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Svensk MeSH

• Yuropa

Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /juˈɾopa/ [jʊˈɾoː.pɐ]
    • Rhymes: -opa
  • IPA^(key): /ʔewˈɾopa/ [ʔeʊ̯ˈɾoː.pɐ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

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

   Synonym: Unyong Europeo

• “Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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)