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Eu·ro·pa (yo̵̅o̅ rō′pə)

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.

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