Europa Hear it!

Europa definition

Eu·ro·pa (yo̵̅o̅ rō)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a Phoenician princess loved by Zeus: he, disguised as a white bull, carries her off across the sea to Crete
  2. the fourth largest satellite of Jupiter: discovered in 1610 by Galileo

Etymology: L < Gr Eurōpē

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.
Related Discussions (1)
TopicRepliesLatest Post
Europa56 years ago

Browse Forums