Europa

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

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹoʊpə/

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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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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

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Noord-Amerika, Suid-Amerika), Antarktika, Asië, Europa, Oseanië ^{(Category: af:Continents)}

Europa f

1. Europe

• européu

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

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Europa f

1. Europe

• (continents) continent; Àfrica,‎ Amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Nord/‎Nord-amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Sud/‎Sud-amèrica,‎ Antàrtida,‎ Àsia,‎ Europa,‎ Oceania ^{(Category: ca:Continents) [edit]}

Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)

• IPA^(key): [eˈʁoːpʰa]

Europa

1. Europe

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

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Europa Duitsland Frankrijk Spanje Verenigd Koninkrijk Italië Rusland Griekenland Turkije Polen Zweden Noorwegen Finland Zwitserland Oostenrijk Tsjechië Slowakije Hongarije Slovenië Kroatië B. Servië Bulgarije Albanië Malta Cyprus Armenië Roemenië Oekraïne Wit-Rusland Litouwen Letland Estland Portugal Nederland Denemarken België L. Ierland Engeland Schotland IJsland Syrië Middellandse Zee Zwarte Zee Noordzee Atlantische Oceaan
B. = Bosnië en Herzegovina L. = Luxemburg

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

1. the continent Europe

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

Europa f

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

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. The continent Europe

• 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

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

• (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

From Middle High German Eurōpā, borrowed 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)

   Deutschland liegt im Herzen Europas.

   Germany lies in the heart of Europe.

2. The European legal space; the territory characterized by the European Union

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

Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

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

• “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

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

• (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa ^{(Category: io:Continents)}

Europa

1. Europe
2. Europa

From Latin Eurōpa.

• 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)

• (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: it:Continents)}

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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

• Eurōpē

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

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

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)

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 (continent)

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

Eurōpā f

1. Europe (a continent)

• German: Europa

• 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)

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

• IPA^(key): /æuˈruːpa/, [æʉˈɾuːpa]

Europa

1. Europe (continent)

   Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.

   She can name all the capitals in Europe.

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika ^{(Category: no:Continents)}

• “Europa” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Europe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

Europa

1. Europe (continent)

   Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.

   She can name all the capitals in Europe.

• Eyropa

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

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.

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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”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Europa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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)

   Europa Północna ― Northern Europe

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

• (continents) kontynenty; Afryka, Ameryka (Ameryka Południowa, Ameryka Północna), Antarktyda, Azja, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: pl:Continents)}

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

Europa f

2. Europe (a continent)
   • 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)

4. (Greek mythology) 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 in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

L'Europa f

1. Europe
2. (astronomy) Europa

• Evrópa (Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia)

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

Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)

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

• Aurupa, Arupa (archaic form)
• 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. (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)

• 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. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

• →⇒ Ye'kwana: Eudojanña

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}

• “Europa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈruːpa/

Europa n (genitive Europas)

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

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

Europa c (genitive Europas)

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

• 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)
2. European Union

   Synonym: Unyong Europeo

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

Europa

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