Europa

American  

[yoo-roh-puh, yuh-] / yʊˈroʊ pə, yə- /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.

2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

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Europa ¹ British  

/ jʊˈrəʊpə /

noun

1. the smallest of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Diameter: 3138 km; orbital radius: 671 000 km

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Europa ² British  

/ jʊˈrəʊpə /

noun

1. Greek myth a Phoenician princess who had three children by Zeus in Crete, where he had taken her after assuming the guise of a white bull. Their offspring were Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon

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Europa Scientific  

/ y-rō′pə /

1. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the sixth in distance from the planet. It was originally sighted by Galileo.

2. See Note at moon

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Example Sentences

NASA’s Dragonfly mission will sail for Titan as soon as 2028, and the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft arrives in the Jupiter system in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

On the field, the club achieved European success, reaching the Europa League semi-finals in 2021-22 and winning the 2022-23 Europa Conference League - their first major trophy since 1980.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Nuno took Wolves to promotion in 2018 and two successive seventh-place finishes, the Europa League quarter-finals and an FA Cup semi-final.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Gibbs-White also scored Forest's winner in Thursday's 1-0 Europa League quarter-final second-leg victory over Porto, which sent them through 2-1 on aggregate and set up a semi-final with Aston Villa.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

It was Europa he drew toward, and as she gently touched him, he lowed so musically, no flute could give forth a more melodious sound.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton