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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

  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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From Dutch Europa.

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Europa

  1. Europe

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Europa f

  1. Europe
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Europa f

  1. Europe
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Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)

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Europa

  1. Europe

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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. the continent Europe

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

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Europa f

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

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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. The continent Europe

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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

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  • Europa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, 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
    2. (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
    3. (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
    4. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

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

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      Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

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

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      • Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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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

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      Europa

      1. Europe
      2. Europa

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      From Latin Eurōpa.

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      • 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)
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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 (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)

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        First-declension noun, singular only.

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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

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        Europa

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        Europà f stress pattern 2

        1. Europe (continent)

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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)

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

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          Europa

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

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

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          Europa

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

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

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            Europa f

            1. Europe (a continent)

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

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            • Europa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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              Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, 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

              1. 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.
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              2. (Greek mythology) Europa (Phoenician princess)
              3. (astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)
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              Europa f

              1. Europe (a continent)
              2. Europa (goddess)
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              From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

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              L'Europa f

              1. Europe
              2. (astronomy) Europa

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

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              Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)

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

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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. (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)

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

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              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)

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              Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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              Europa n (genitive Europas)

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

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              Europa c (genitive Europas)

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

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              Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

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              Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ)

              1. Europe (a continent)
              2. European Union
                Synonym: Unyong Europeo
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              • Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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              Europa

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