Europa

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

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹoʊpə/
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Proper noun

The moon Europa

Europa

  1. (Greek mythology) Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
  3. (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
Notable
moons 		— — Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Charon Dysnomia

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Europa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa

  1. Europe

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Asturian

Proper noun

Europa f

  1. Europe

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa f

  1. Europe

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Danish

Etymology

Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa

  1. Europe

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa n

  1. The continent Europe

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Proper noun

Europa f

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

Farefare

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Europa

  1. The continent Europe

Hyponyms

Galician

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ewˈɾɔpa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔpa
  • Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa

Proper noun

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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German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Declension

Declension of Europa
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.

Coordinate terms

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

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Proper noun

Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

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

Further reading

  • “Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Europa

  1. Europe

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Interlingua

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Proper noun

Europa

  1. Europe
  2. Europa

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin Eurōpa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

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Descendants

References

  • “Europa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Europa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “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

Proper noun

Europa f

  1. Europe (continent)

Declension

    declension of Europa
nominative Europa
genitive Europos
dative Europai
accusative Europą
instrumental Europa
locative Europoje
vocative Europa

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Europa

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

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Europa f

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Europa f

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Europa.

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Descendants

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa f

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

Declension

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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Romansch

Etymology

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

Proper noun

L'Europa f

  1. Europe
  2. (astronomy) Europa

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)

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

Declension

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

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Derived terms

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Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Europa n (genitive Europas)

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

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Proper noun

Europa c (genitive Europas)

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔewˈɾopa/, (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa

Proper noun

Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

  1. Europe (a continent)

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References

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

Turkish

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Proper noun

Europa

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