FromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē), a character name in Greek mythology.Doublet ofEurope.

• IPA^(key):/jʊˈɹoʊpə/

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Europa

1. (Greekmythology) Several characters, most notably aPhoenicianprincessabducted toCrete byZeus.
3. (astronomy) Amoon ofJupiter.
4. (astronomy)52 Europa, a main beltasteroid; not to be confused with theJovian moon.

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Europa

1. Europe

Europa f

1. Europe

• européu

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

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Europa f

1. Europe

ViaLatinEurōpa fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē)

• IPA^(key):[eˈʁoːpʰa]

Europa

1. Europe

FromMiddle Dutcheuropa, fromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπᾱ(Eurṓpā), Doric form ofΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

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

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

Europa n (adjectiveEuropees,demonymEuropeaan morEuropese f)

1. thecontinentEurope

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

Europa f

1. (Greekmythology) aPhoenicianprincessabducted toCrete byZeus
2. amoon ofJupiter

Learned borrowing in 2021 fromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπᾱ(Eurṓpā), Doric form ofΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

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

Europa

1. ThecontinentEurope

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

FromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa), a character in Greek mythology.

Europa f(ORB, broad)

1. Europe

• Europe in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• Europa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Inherited fromOld Galician-PortugueseEuropa, borrowed fromLatinEurōpa, borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key):/ewˈɾɔpa/[ewˈɾɔ.pɐ]

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• Rhymes:-ɔpa
• Hyphenation:Eu‧ro‧pa

Europa

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

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

FromMiddle High GermanEurōpā, borrowed fromLatinEurōpa, borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key):/ɔʏ̯ˈʁoːpa/

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Europa n (proper noun,strong,genitiveEuropaorEuropasorEuropens)

1. Europe (a continent)

   Deutschland liegt im HerzenEuropas.

   Germany lies in the heart ofEurope.

2. TheEuropeanlegalspace; the territorycharacterized by theEuropean Union

Europa f (genitiveEuropasorEuropa)

1. (Greekmythology)Europa(aPhoenicianprincessabducted toCrete byZeus)
2. Europa(amoon ofJupiter)

• “Europa” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed fromEnglishEurope,FrenchEurope,GermanEuropa,ItalianEuropa,RussianЕвро́па(Jevrópa),SpanishEuropa, ultimately fromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

• IPA^(key):/ew.ˈro.pa/,/ɛw.ˈɾɔ.pa/

Europa

1. Europe

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

Europa

1. Europe
2. Europa

FromLatinEurōpa.

• 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,Greekmythology)Europa(consort ofZeus, daughter ofAgenor)
6. (mythology,Greekmythology)Europa(daughter ofOceanus andTethys)

• Eurōpē

Borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa); cognate withAttic GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/eu̯ˈroː.pa/,[ɛu̯ˈroːpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/eu̯ˈro.pa/,[eu̯ˈrɔːpä]

Eurōpa f sg (genitiveEurōpae);first declension

1. (Greekmythology)Europa(daughter of Phoenician kingAgenor who was abducted byJupiter and carried toCrete)
2. Europe
   • 43,Pomponius Mela,De situ orbis, book 1, chapter 3:

     BrevisEuropae 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 ofEurope.—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 magnusEuropae sinus ab Hellesponto incipiens Maeotis ostio terminatur. Nam arctum mare interEuropam 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 ofEurope, beginning from the Hellespont, terminates at the mouth of the Maeotis. For the narrow sea flowing betweenEurope 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 beltasteroid)

First-declension noun, singular only.

Borrowings:

• “Europa”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Europa”, inThe Perseus Project (1999)Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Europa”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Europa”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Europa”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Europà fstress pattern 2

1. Europe (continent)

Learned borrowing fromLatinEurōpa, borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

Eurōpā f

1. Europe (a continent)

• German:Europa

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

FromLatinEuropa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

• IPA^(key):/æuˈruːpa/,[æʉˈɾuːpa]

Europa

1. Europe(continent)

   Hun kan alle hovedstedene iEuropa.

   She can name all the capitals inEurope.

• “Europa” inThe Ordnett Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Europe”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

FromLatinEuropa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

Europa

1. Europe(continent)

   Ho kan alle hovudstadene iEuropa.

   She can name all the capitals inEurope.

• Eyropa

Learned borrowing fromLatinEurōpa, borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

Europa f

1. Europe (a continent)
   • 1373 January 20,Fernán Martís, “A Reſpoſta q̃ Eỹtor dou a Reỹ Priamos ſſeu padre”, inCronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle]‎^[2], translation ofRoman de Troie byBenoît de Sainte-Maure, page19:

     Et ſen falla os deeuropa 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)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Europa”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Europa”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Learned borrowing fromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

• IPA^(key):/ɛwˈrɔ.pa/

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

Europa f (related adjectiveeuropejski)

1. Europe (a continent)

   Europa Północna ―NorthernEurope

2. (Greekmythology)Europa(princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
3. Europa(moon of Jupiter)

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

Inherited fromOld Galician-PortugueseEuropa, borrowed fromLatinEurōpa, borrowed fromDoric GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

Europa f

2. Europe (a continent)
   • 2005, Wagner Blini, vários autores,Salvando Vida - Com Medicina Natural, Editora DCL,→ISBN,page215:

     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. NaEuropa 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,page31:

     O ábaco foi usado por diversos povos e, até por volta de 1700, foram muito comuns naEuropa, 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,page97:

     O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com aEuropa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.

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4. (Greekmythology)Europa(Phoenician princess)
6. (astronomy)Europa(moon of Jupiter)

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

• Еуропа(Europa) —Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key):/e.uˈro.pa/

Europa f

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

• Europa inDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

FromLatinEurōpa, fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπη(Eurṓpē).

L'Europa f

1. Europe
2. (astronomy)Europa

• Evrópa(Bosnia,Montenegro,Serbia)

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

Európa f (Cyrillic spellingЕуро́па)

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

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

Borrowed fromLatinEurōpa. Doublet ofSicilianAurupa.

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

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,Greekmythology)Europa(consort ofZeus, daughter ofAgenor)
5. (mythology,Greekmythology)Europa(daughter ofOceanus andTethys)

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

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. (Greekmythology)Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

• →⇒ Ye'kwana:Eudojanña

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

Ultimately fromAncient GreekΕὐρώπα(Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key):/ɛˈruːpa/

Europa n (genitiveEuropas)

1. Europe, the westernmost part of theEurasiancontinent, north ofAfrica and west ofAsia

• Centraleuropa
• Mellaneuropa
• Nordeuropa
• Sydeuropa
• Västeuropa
• Östeuropa

Europa c (genitiveEuropas)

1. Europa (goddess)
2. Europa, a moon ofJupiter

• Europa inSvenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Svensk MeSH

• Yuropa

Borrowed fromSpanishEuropa.

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

Europa (Baybayin spellingᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

1. Europe (a continent)
2. European Union

   Synonym:Unyong Europeo

• “Europa”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

Europa

1. (Greekmythology)Europa
2. (astronomy)Europa