Europa Definition

yo͝o-rōpə
noun
A Phoenician princess loved by Zeus: he, disguised as a white bull, carries her off across the sea to Crete.
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The fourth largest satellite of Jupiter: discovered in 1610 by Galileo.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.

Wiktionary

(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

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Origin of Europa

  • From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Europa), a character in Greek mythology.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin Eurōpa from Greek Eurōpē

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Europa Sentence Examples

  • In later tradition, Sarpedon was the son of Zeus and Europa and the brother of Minos.

  • Muller, Asien and Europa nach altagypt.

  • Near the town was the famous fountain of Sauros, inclosed by fruit-bearing poplars; and not far from this was another spring, overhung by an evergreen plane tree which in popular belief marked the scene of the amours of Zeus and Europa.

  • Max Muller (Asien und Europa, 1893, chap. v.), this represents an endeavour to express the vocalization; but, if so, it was carried out with very little system.

  • Muller, Asien and Europa, p. 205.

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