Europa

American  

[yoo-roh-puh, yuh-] / jʊˈroʊ pə, jə- /

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. 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 ² 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 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

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Europa

Celtic have recruited five players in one day to bolster their squad before Wednesday's Europa League signing deadline.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

While Villa have invested heavily over the summer, Unai Emery has lost several key members of his Europa League-winning squad.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Martinez is a two-time Fifa Best Goalkeeper winner and can point to those individual honours having helped Argentina win the World Cup in 2022 and, more recently, Aston Villa lift the Europa League in May.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

In the Europa League, each of the 36 teams will play eight different teams, four at home and four away, in the league phase.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Europa is about the size of our moon but its topography is markedly different.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan