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Eu⋅ro⋅pa

  [yoo-roh-puh, yuh-]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
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Eu·ro·pa   (yŏŏ-rō'pə)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus, who had assumed the form of a white bull, and by him the mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon.

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


[Latin Eurōpa, from Greek Eurōpē.]
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Europa   (y-rō'pə)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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