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Europa (mythology)

Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story, as K?roly Ker?nyi points out; "most of the love-stories concerning Zeus originated from more ancient tales describing his ma...
 is a beautiful Phoenician princess in Greek mythology. Her name is the name for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in Latin and other languages.

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Europa
Europa (mythology)

Europa was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story, as K?roly Ker?nyi points out; "most of the love-stories concerning Zeus originated from more ancient tales describing his ma...
 is a beautiful Phoenician princess in Greek mythology. Her name is the name for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in Latin and other languages.

Europa may also refer to:

  • Europa Island
    Europa Island

    Europa Island is a 28 km? low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique, at ....
    , a small island in the Indian Ocean which is a possession of France, part of the Îles Éparses
  • Europa (moon)
    Europa (moon)

    'Europa' is the Moons_of_Jupiter#Table Natural satellite of the planet Jupiter. Europa was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei , and named after a mythical Phoenician noblewoman, Europa , who was courted by Zeus and became the queen of Crete....
    , the smallest of the Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter
  • 52 Europa
    52 Europa

    52 Europa is one of the larger asteroids. It has a diameter of 300 km, and was discovered on February 4, 1858 by Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt....
    , the seventh-largest asteroid known


Entertainment


  • Europa Universalis
    Europa Universalis

    Europa Universalis is a Grand strategy game video game released on 2001 in video gaming by Paradox Interactive and distributed in North America by Strategy First....
    , a strategy computer game released in 2000 by Paradox Entertainment
  • Europa (film), a film by Lars von Trier released as Zentropa in North America
  • Europa Europa
    Europa Europa

    Europa Europa is a 1990 in film German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, which means Hitler Youth Salomon....
    , a 1990 film about a young Jewish man who survived the war pretending to be a German war hero
  • Europa Barbarorum
    Europa Barbarorum

    Europa Barbarorum is a Mod of the personal computer game Rome: Total War based on the desire to provide Rome: Total War players with a more historically accurate game experience....
    , a "total conversion" modification of the PC game Rome: Total War, designed to improve the game's historical accuracy
  • Europa (wargame)
    Europa (wargame)

    Europa is a series of board wargames planned to cover combat over the entire European Theater of World War II at a scale that represents units as division and game turns that represent two weeks of time....
    , a series of board wargames launched in 1973
  • Europa (album)
    Europa (album)

    Europa is Covenant 's third full length album. It was released on May 26, 1998 by 21st Circuitry....
    , by Covenant
  • Europa (song)
    Europa (song)

    "Europa " is an instrumental from the Santana album Amigos....
    , a song from the Epicon album by Globus
  • Europa (record label)
    Europa (record label)

    Europa is a German record label, which belonged to the Miller International Records Company, Quickborn , and, among other things, made very successful radio plays for children and young people....
    , a German record label
  • "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)", an instrumental from Carlos Santana's 1976 album Amigos
  • "Europa" (Mónica Naranjo song), a song from Mónica Naranjo's 2008 album Tarantula
    Tarantula (Mónica Naranjo album)

    Tarantula is the sixth studio-album by Spanish people popstar M?nica Naranjo. It was released on April 22 2008 in Spain after the release of the debut-single "Europa", which reached #1 on the Spanish Singles Chart for 6 consecutive weeks....
  • "Europa and the Pirate Twins", a song appearing on Thomas Dolby's 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless
    The Golden Age of Wireless

    The Golden Age of Wireless is a 1982 album by Synthpop pioneer Thomas Dolby. The album is notable for containing the pop hit "She Blinded Me with Science" in its later resequencings ....
  • "Europa", the lead track on Blondie's 1980 album Autoamerican
    Autoamerican

    Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie . It was released in November 1980 and reached no.3 in the United Kingdom charts, and no.7 in the US....
  • Sega Europa-R, an arcade
    Arcade game

    An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, public houses, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers....
     system board
    Arcade system board

    An arcade system board is a dedicated computer system created for the purpose of running video game arcade games. Arcade system Printed circuit board typically consist of a main system board with any number of supporting boards....
     by Sega
    Sega

    is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....


Transport


  • Bizzarrini Europa
    Bizzarrini Europa

    The Europa was a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969. Originally powered by a 1481 cc Fiat straight-4 engine, the car officially became the Europa with the introduction of an 1897 cc Opel powerplant....
    , a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969
  • Europa rocket
    Europa rocket

    The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation , which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers....
    , an early expendable launch system project of the European Launcher Development Organisation
, a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy
  • Europa (ship)
    Europa (ship)

    The sailing ship Europa is a steel-hulled barque from the Netherlands, originally built in 1911, as a lightvessel at the H.C. St?lcken und Sohn Shipyard in Hamburg Germany....
    , a traditionally rigged tall ship from the Netherlands, built in 1911 but continuing to sail major training missions around the world
, an ocean liner operated by the North German Lloyd in 1930–45 , an immigrant ship on the Europe to North America route in 1950–51 (originally the SS Mongolia) , a combined ocean liner / cruise ship operated by the North German Lloyd in 1965–70 and Hapag-Lloyd in 1970–81 , a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd in 1981–99 , a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd since 1999 , a cruiseferry operated by Silja Line since 1993
  • Costa Europa
    Costa Europa

    ship prefix Costa Europa is a cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises. She was built in 1986 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany as MS Homeric for Home Lines....
    , a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises since 2002
  • Europa Aircraft
    Europa Aircraft

    Europa Aircraft is a United Kingdom homebuilt aircraft manufacturer that produces the Europa XS....
    , a light-aircraft kitplane company based in the UK
  • Lotus Europa
    Lotus Europa

    The Lotus Europa or Lotus Europe was a two door mid-engined GT coup? built by Lotus from 1966 to 1975. In 2006 Lotus began production of a totally new, Lotus Elise-derived design, a mid-engined GT coup? named Lotus Europa S....
    , a sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars


Miscellanea


  • Europa (novel)
    Europa (novel)

    Europa is a stream-of-consciousness novel by Tim Parks, first published in 1997. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in that year, losing out to Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things....
     by Tim Parks
  • Europa, a novel by Romain Gary
    Romain Gary

    Romain Gary was a France novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat....
  • Europa (New Zealand)
    Europa (New Zealand)

    Europa was a New Zealand owned oil company that operated by the Todd family in New Zealand. This was an attempt to fend-off the competition from the likes of Texaco , Plume , Shell and Atlantic....
    , an oil company that operated in New Zealand until its purchase by BP in 1989
  • Europa Hotel
    Europa Hotel

    The Europa Hotel is a Star hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The hotel has 240 bedrooms, and claims to be the largest in Northern Ireland. It opened in July 1971....
    , a hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Europa, the name of the 3.3 release of the open-source integrated development environment Eclipse
    Eclipse (software)

    Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an Integrated development environment and a plug-in system to extend it....
  • Europa Ferris Wheel
    Europa Ferris Wheel

    The Europa Ferris Wheel is a transportable Ferris wheel with 42 open and rotating cars. It has an overall height of approximately .It is operated by Kipp & Sohn of Bonn, who claim that it is the world's largest Ferris wheel with open and rotating cars....
    , a 55-metre transportable Ferris wheel operated by Kipp & Sohn of Bonn
  • Europa Coins
    Europa Coins

    The Europa Coin Programme is a multi-member participation of minting precious metal coin with a particular theme....
    , coins with a common theme issued by European countries
  • Europa postage stamp
    Europa postage stamp

    Europa stamps have been issued annually since 1956. First sets representing the founding 6 members of the ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community, then by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in 1959, and by PostEurop since 1993....
    , issued annually since 1956, representing the founding 6 members of the ECSC
    ECSC

    ECSC may stand for:*European Coal and Steel Community, a forerunner of the European Union*European Centre for Soft Computing, a research centre promoted by the Foundation for the Advancement of Soft Computing and located in Mieres, Asturias, Spain....
    , European Coal and Steel Community.
  • Europa (web portal)
    Europa (web portal)

    Europa , the official web portal of the European Union, is intended to improve the public?s interaction with EU institutions by quickly directing website visitors to the services or information they are seeking....
    , the official web portal of the European Union


See also


  • Europe (disambiguation)
    Europe (disambiguation)

    Europe usually refers to Europe, a peninsula in the west of Eurasia. In light of this, it may also refer to;* Continental Europe, the "mainland" of Europe excluding some or all islands surrounding it....