Europa

[ yoo-roh-puh, yuh- ]

/ yʊˈroʊ pə, yə- /

noun

Also Europe. Classical Mythology. 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.

Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

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Examples from the Web for europa

He did calculations and was telling me all these facts and criteria for racing NorAms and Europa Cups and then maybe, World Cup.
Skiing Prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin Looks Ahead to Sochi|Jake Bright|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He bowed himself before her feet, and bending back his neck, he gazed on Europa, and showed her his broad back.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
If you will take me out with you by the secret door to the Europa Hotel.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
And there's Ganymede coming up after him, and Europa behind him.
A Honeymoon in Space|George Griffith

Europa, struck by the beauty and gentle nature of the beast, caressed him, and even mounted on his back.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
But the mean, where it dwelt chiefly, was an apathetic fascination, partly of horror; as of Europa in mid ocean with her bull.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for europa (1 of 2)

Europa¹

/ (jʊˈrəʊpə) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for europa (2 of 2)

Europa²

/ (jʊˈrəʊpə) /

noun

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

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Science definitions for europa

Europa

[ yu-rō′pə ]

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