Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
  2. (feminine, informal) synonym of União Europeia (“European Union”)
  3. (Greek, feminine) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
  4. (feminine) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
  5. (feminine) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)

Concepts

European country

European nation

𐐏𐐲𐑉𐐲𐐹

europe

Synonyms

país europeu

Mapas da Europa

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ewˈɾɔ.pɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, a learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

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