Europa

Europa

See also: Europą, Európa, Euròpa, Eùropa, eŭropa, Eurōpa, and Eŭropa

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), a character name in Greek mythology.Doublet of Europe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹoʊpə/

• Audio

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Proper noun

The moon Europa

Europa

1. (Greek mythology) Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
3. (astronomy) 52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

Derived terms

• Europan

Related terms

• Europe
• European

Translations

princess abducted to Crete by Zeus

Basque: Europa (eu) Cherokee: ᏳᎶᏆ (yuloqua) Chinese: Mandarin: 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (zh) (Ōuluóbā) Danish: Europa (da) Dutch: Europa (nl) Esperanto: Eŭropa Finnish: Europa (fi) Galician: Europa (gl) German: Europa (de) f Greek: Ευρώπη (el) f (Evrópi) Greenlandic: Europa Hungarian: Európa (hu), Európé (hu) Inuktitut: ᐃᐅᕉᐸ (ioroopa) Japanese: エウローペー (Eurōpē) Korean: 에우로페 (E'urope) Polish: Europa (pl) f Portuguese: Europa (pt) f Russian: Евро́па (ru) f (Jevrópa) Sicilian: Iurupa f, Eurupa f, Arupa f Slovene: Evrópa (sl) f Spanish: Europa (es)

a moon of Jupiter

Arabic: أُورُوبَّا‎ (ar) f (ʾurubbā), أُورُبَّا‎ f (ʾurubbā) Basque: Europa (eu) Cherokee: ᏳᎶᏆ (yuloqua) Chinese: Mandarin: 木衛二／木卫二 (Mùwèi'èr), 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (zh) (Ōuluóba) Dutch: Europa (nl) n Esperanto: Eŭropo (eo) Finnish: Europa (fi) French: Europe (fr) f Galician: Europa (gl) German: Europa (de) f Greek: Ευρώπη (el) f (Evrópi) Hungarian: Europé, Europa (hu) Italian: Europa (it) m Japanese: エウロパ (ja) (Europa), ユーロパ (Yūropa) Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (km) (ʼəɨrop) Korean: 에우로파 (E'uropa) Polish: Europa (pl) f Portuguese: Europa (pt) f Romansch: Europa f Russian: Евро́па (ru) f (Jevrópa) Slovene: Evrópa (sl) f Spanish: Europa (es) Swedish: Europa (sv)

asteroid

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
Notable moons	—		Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Europa.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktika, Asië, Australië, Europa, Oseanië ^{(Category: af:Continents)}

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Asturian

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe

Related terms

• européu

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əwˈɾo.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ewˈɾo.pa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe

Related terms

• euro
• euro-
• Europa Central
• europeu

See also

• (continents) continent; Àfrica,‎ Amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Nord/‎Nord-amèrica,‎ Amèrica del Sud/‎Sud-amèrica,‎ Antàrtida,‎ Àsia,‎ Europa,‎ Oceania ^{(Category: ca:Continents) [edit]}

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Danish

Etymology

Via Latin Eurōpa from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈʁoːpʰa]

Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːˈroːpaː/, [øˑˈroːpaˑ], [ʏˑˈroːpaˑ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa
• Rhymes: -oːpaː

Proper noun

Europa n

1. The continent Europe

Derived terms

• Europeaan
• Europees

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Europa
• Negerhollands: Juropa
• → Malay: Eropah
  • Indonesian: Eropa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
2. A moon of Jupiter

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Farefare

Etymology

Learned borrowing in 2021 from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā), Doric form of Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.u.ɾo.pa/
• Hyphenation: E‧u‧ro‧pa
• Rhymes: -ɾo.pa

Proper noun

Europa

1. The continent Europe

Hyponyms

• Albagɔ
• Daŋɔ
• Diiki-dapoore-dutsi
• Dusgo
• Dusgo-peelga
• Dutsgo
• Fãreŋo
• Ɩŋɔ
• Malta
• Polgo
• Portugal
• Sɛkɔ
• Sɛpaŋɔ
• Suis-tẽŋa
• Tɩntɩnnɔ
• Tʋrkɔ
• Ukraigo

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Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe
2. (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
3. (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
4. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

Coordinate terms

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}
• (moon of Jupiter): Calisto, Ganímedes, Ío

Related terms

• europeo
• Unión Europea
• euro

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʏ̯ˈʁoːpa/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Audio

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Proper noun

Europa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Europa or Europas or Europens)

1. The continent Europe

   Deutschland liegt im Herzen Europas.

   Germany lies in the heart of Europe.

2. The European legal space; the territory characterized by the European Union

Declension

Declension of Europa [sg-only, neuter // feminine (rare), strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	das, die	Europa
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Europa, Europas, Europens1
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Europa
accusative	ein, eine	das, die	Europa

¹Now rare.

Coordinate terms

(continents) Erdteil, Kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Nordamerika, Südamerika), Antarktika, Asien, Europa, Ozeanien ^{(Category: de:Continents)}

Related terms

• Europäer
• europäisch
• europäisieren
• Europapolitik

Proper noun

Europa f (genitive Europas or Europa)

1. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
2. A moon of Jupiter

Further reading

• “Europa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English Europe, French Europe, German Europa, Italian Europa, Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), Spanish Europa, ultimately from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ew.ˈro.pa/, /ɛw.ˈɾɔ.pa/

Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe

Derived terms

• Europana (“European”)
• Europano (“European”)

See also

• (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa ^{(Category: io:Continents)}

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe
2. Europa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Eurōpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ewˈrɔ.pa/
• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Hyphenation: Eu‧rò‧pa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. (continent) Europe

   Hypernym: Eurasia

2. (nautical, sailing, sports) Europe (an olympic sailing class)
3. (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
4. (astronomy, asteroid) 62 Europa
5. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
6. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)

Related terms

• eurasiatico
• euro-
• euro
• eurocentrismo
• eurocentristico
• eurocity
• eurocomunismo
• eurocomunista
• eurocomunistico
• eurocrate
• eurodeputato
• eurodivisa
• eurodollaro
• euromercato
• euromoneta
• Europa centrale
• Europa meridionale
• Europa occidentale
• Europa orientale
• europarlamento
• Europa settentrionale
• europeismo
• europeista
• europeizzare
• europeo
• europio
• europoide
• euroscudo
• eurosocialismo
• eurosocialista
• eurovisione

 

See also

• (continents) continente; Africa, America (America meridionale, America settentrionale), Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania ^{(Category: it:Continents)}

Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
Star	Sole
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Mercurio	Venere	Terra	Marte	Cerere	Giove	Saturno	Urano	Nettuno	Plutone
Notable moons	—		Luna	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Callisto	Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Tritone	Caronte Stige Notte Cerbero Idra

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Latin

Europa seated on a bull (Jupiter in disguise), in fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD.

The world according to Herodotus showing Europa near the top of the map.

Alternative forms

• Eurōpē

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈroː.pa/, [ɛu̯ˈroːpä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈro.pa/, [eu̯ˈrɔːpä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Proper noun

Eurōpa f sg (genitive Eurōpae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Phoenician king Agenor who was abducted by Jupiter and carried to Crete)
2. Europe
   • 43, Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis, book 1, chapter 3:

     Brevis Europae descriptio.—Europa terminos habet, ab oriente Tanain et Maeotida et Pontum; a meridie reliqua nostri maris; ab occidente Atlanticum; a septentrione Britannicum oceanum. (genitive and nomitive cases)

     A brief description of Europe.—Europe's borders, on the east are Tanais, Maeotida, and Pontus; on the south, the rest of our sea; on the west, the side of the Atlantic; north of the British Ocean.

   • ca. 415, Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 6, section 661:

     Quartus vero et magnus Europae sinus ab Hellesponto incipiens Maeotis ostio terminatur. Nam arctum mare inter Europam et Asiam in angustias septem stadiorum interfluens coarctatur; quas angustias Hellespontum dicunt, ubi Xerxes Persidis rex aggregatis navibus ponteque constructo exercitum duxit. (genitive and accusative cases)

     The fourth and great bay of Europe, beginning from the Hellespont, terminates at the mouth of the Maeotis. For the narrow sea flowing between Europe and Asia is confined to a narrow strip of seven furlongs; which they call the narrows of the Hellespont, where Xerxes, king of the Persians, assembled his ships and led his army under a bridge.

3. (New Latin, astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)
4. (New Latin, astronomy) 52 Europa (main belt asteroid)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eurōpa
Genitive	Eurōpae
Dative	Eurōpae
Accusative	Eurōpam
Ablative	Eurōpā
Vocative	Eurōpa

Derived terms

• Eurōpaeus (“of Europa, of Europe”, adjective)
• Eurōpēnsis (“of Europe”, adjective)

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Европа (Evropa)
• Catalan: Europa
• → Middle English: Europe
  • English: Europe, Europa (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: Europe
• → Dutch: Europa
  • → Indonesian: Eropa
• French: Europe
• → German: Europa
• Italian: Europa
  • → Sicilian: Europa
  • → Turkish: Avrupa
• → Mandarin: 歐羅巴／欧罗巴
• Portuguese: Europa
  • → Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)
• Romanian: Europa
• Sicilian: Aurupa
• Spanish: Europa
• → Russian: Европа (Jevropa)

References

• “Europa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Europa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “Europa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Europa”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Europa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Lithuanian

Europa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe (continent)

Declension

    declension of Europa

nominative	Europa
genitive	Europos
dative	Europai
accusative	Europą
instrumental	Europa
locative	Europoje
vocative	Europa

Related terms

• europietis m, europietė f

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe (continent)

   Hun kan alle hovedstedene i Europa.

   She can name all the capitals in Europe.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Europa

europakart europamester Europakommisjonen Europaparlamentet

Europarådet europavei Nord-Europa Sentral-Europa

Sør-Europa Vest-Europa Øst-Europa

Related terms

• europeisk
• europeer

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika ^{(Category: no:Continents)}

References

• “Europa” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Europe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Proper noun

Europa

1. Europe (continent)

   Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.

   She can name all the capitals in Europe.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Europa

Aust-Europa europakart europameister Europakommisjonen

Europaparlamentet Europarådet Nord-Europa

Sentral-Europa Sør-Europa Vest-Europa

Related terms

• europeisk
• europear

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛwˈrɔ.pa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe

   Europa Północna ― Northern Europe

2. Europa

Declension

Declension of Europa

	singular
nominative	Europa
genitive	Europy
dative	Europie
accusative	Europę
instrumental	Europą
locative	Europie
vocative	Europo

Derived terms

• euro
• Europejczyk
• Europejka
• europejski

 

Further reading

• Europa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Europa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pɐ/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɔ.pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pɐ/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɔ.pɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pa/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɔ.pa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ewˈɾɔ.pɐ/

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe (a continent)
2. (Greek mythology) Europa (Phoenician princess)
3. (astronomy) Europa (moon of Jupiter)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Europa.

Related terms

• Eurafrásia
• Eurásia
• euro
• euro-
• europeísmo
• europeizar
• europeu
• európio

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.uˈro.pa/

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe (a continent)
2. Europa (goddess)
3. Europa (moon of Jupiter)

Declension

declension of Europa (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) Europă	Europa
genitive/dative	(unei) Europe	Europei
vocative	Europă, Europo

Related terms

• Europa Centrală
• Europa de Est
• Europa de Nord
• Europa de Sud
• Europa de Vest
• european

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Proper noun

L'Europa f

1. (geography) Europe
2. (astronomy) Europa

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Evrópa (Bosnian, Serbian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eurǒːpa/
• Hyphenation: E‧u‧ro‧pa

Proper noun

Európa f (Cyrillic spelling Еуро́па)

1. (Croatia) Europe
2. (Croatia) Europa

Declension

Declension of Europa

	singular
nominative	Europa
genitive	Europe
dative	Europi
accusative	Europu
vocative	Europo
locative	Europi
instrumental	Europom

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Aurupa, Arupa (archaic form)
• Eurupa, Iurupa (modern sicilianization)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛwˈɾɔ.pa/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɪwˈɾu.pa/ (sicilianized)
• Hyphenation: Eu‧rò‧pa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. (continent) Europe (the portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean)

   Hypernym: Euràsia

2. (astronomy, natural satellite) Europa
3. (astronomy, asteroid) 62 Europa
4. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)
5. (mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)

Derived terms

• Europa cintrali
• Europa dû Norti
• Europa dû Sud
• Europa livantina
• Europa miridiunali
• Europa punintina
• Europa sittintriunali
• eurupea
• eurupeu

 

Related terms

• Uniuni Eurupea
• euru
• euro

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /euˈɾopa/ [eu̯ˈɾo.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: Eu‧ro‧pa

Proper noun

Europa f

1. Europe (the portion of Eurasia west of the Urals, traditionally considered a continent in its own right, located north of Africa, west of Asia and east of the Atlantic Ocean)
2. (astronomy) Europa (large moon of Jupiter)
3. (astronomy) Europa (asteroid)
4. (Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)

Derived terms

• Europa del Norte
• Europe Central
• Picos de Europa

 

Related terms

• europeo
• Unión Europea
• euro

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.)

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}

Further reading

• “Europa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈruːpa/

Proper noun

Europa n (genitive Europas)

1. Europe, the westernmost part of the Eurasian continent, north of Africa and west of Asia

Related terms

• europeisk
• europeiska
• euro
• europé

Proper noun

Europa c (genitive Europas)

1. Europa (goddess)
2. Europa, a moon of Jupiter

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Yuropa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Europa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Eu‧ro‧pa
• IPA^(key): /juˈɾopa/, [jʊˈɾo.pɐ]
• IPA^(key): /ʔeuˈɾopa/, [ʔeʊˈɾo.pɐ] (obsolete)

Proper noun

Europa (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜇᜓᜉ or ᜁᜂᜇᜓᜉ)

1. Europe (a continent)

Related terms

• Europea
• Europeo

 

References

• “Europa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018