[yoo
r-uhp, yur- for 1; yoo-roh-pee, yuh- for 2] 
| 1. | a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. 702,300,000 including the Russian Federation; ab. 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km). |
| 2. | Classical Mythology. Europa (def. 1). |
[yoo-roh-puh, yuh-] | 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. |
| Eu·rope (yŏŏr'əp) The sixth-largest continent, extending west from the Dardanelles, Black Sea, and Ural Mountains. It is technically a vast peninsula of the Eurasian land mass. |
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. |