Feminine
Europa
- (feminine) Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
- (feminine, informal) synonym of União Europeia (“European Union”)
- (Greek, feminine) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
- (feminine) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
- (feminine) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)
Frequency
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).
Related words
país europeu
Mapas da Europa
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