Europa

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Europa commonly refers to:

• Europa (mythology), a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe is taken
  • Europe, the continent, elliptically referred to as "Europa"
• Europa (moon), one of Jupiter's largest moons, named after the Phoenician noblewoman

Europa may also refer to:

Mythical characters

• Europa, an Oceanid, daughter of the deities Oceanus and Tethys
• Europa, daughter of the earth-giant Tityas and mother of Euphemus by Poseidon

People

• Europa of Macedon, the daughter of Philip II by his last wife, Cleopatra
• Madama Europa, the nickname, or perhaps the real name, of Europa Rossi (fl. 1600), sister of the Jewish violinist and composer Salamone Rossi

Places

• Europa spelling and pronunciation in several languages for Europe
• Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace
• Europa Point, the southernmost point of Gibraltar
• Europa Island, a small island in the Mozambique Channel which is a possession of France
• Europa (Seville Metro), a station on the Seville Metro
• Plaça d'Europa, a square in Barcelona, Spain
• Europa City, a planned development set in Paris
• Europa Cliffs, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• 52 Europa, the seventh-largest known asteroid

In entertainment

In film and television

• The Europa trilogy, a 1984–1991 film trilogy by Danish director Lars von Trier
  • Europa (film), the final film in said trilogy, released as Zentropa in North America
• Europa Report, a 2013 science fiction film by Ecuadorian director Sebastián Cordero.
• Prix Europa, Europe's largest annual tri-medial (television, radio and online) festival and competition
• Europa Europa, a 1990 film directed by Agnieszka Holland

In gaming

• Europa (wargame), a series of board wargames launched in 1973
• Europa, a fictional place in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
• Europa Universalis, a real-time strategy game series created by Paradox Interactive

Literature

• Europa (novel), by Tim Parks
• Europa, a novel by Romain Gary

In music

• Europa (record label), a German record label
• Europa Philharmonie, a European symphony orchestra based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Europa (Covenant album)
• Europa (Ron Korb album), an award-winning instrumental album from Canadian flutist and composer Ron Korb, released in 2013.
• Europa (Holly Johnson album), a 2014 album by Holly Johnson
• "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)", an instrumental from Carlos Santana's 1976 album Amigos
• "Europa", the lead track on Blondie's 1980 album Autoamerican
• "Europa", a song from the album Epicon by Globus
• "Europa", a song appearing on The Galilean Satellites by post-metal band Rosetta
• "Europa", a song from the album Tarántula by Mónica Naranjo
• "Europa" a song from EP Mr.Mr. by South-Korean girl group Girls' Generation

In sports

• NFL Europa (formerly NFL Europe and World League of American Football), an American football competition from 1991 until 2007
• UEFA Europa League, the second most important European competition for UEFA-eligible football clubs
• CE Europa, a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona

In transportation

Aerospace

• Europa rocket, an early expendable launch system project of the European Launcher Development Organisation
• Air Europa, the third largest airline in Spain
• Europa Aircraft, a light-aircraft kitplane company based in the UK

Ships

• HMS Europa, a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy
• USS Europa, two US Navy ships
• Europa (ship), a traditionally rigged tall ship from the Netherlands, built in 1911
• Europa (AK-81), never commissioned
• SS Europa (1922), an immigrant ship on the Europe to North America route in 1950–51 (originally the SS Mongolia)
• SS Europa (1928), an ocean liner operated by the North German Lloyd in 1930–45
• MS Europa, various ships

Automobiles

• Lotus Europa, a sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars
• Bizzarrini Europa, a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969
• Tata Europa, a Tata Motors luxury concept car shown in 2009

Buildings

• Europa Hotel (disambiguation)
• Europa (building), Brussels, Belgium
• Europa Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Europa Hut, a Swiss mountain hut

Businesses

• Europa (oil company), an oil company that operated in New Zealand until its purchase by British Petroleum in 1989
• CBS Europa, a European television channel
• Europa Partners, a London-based investment bank
• Europa Press, a publishing house founded and run by the Irish surrealist poet George Reavey from 1932 to 1939
• Europa Press (news agency), a Spanish independent, privately held news agency
• Europa (Albanian newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania
• Europa (Italian newspaper), a newspaper published in Rome, Italy
• Europa Magazine, the only monthly magazine in Serbo-Croatian in the United States

Other uses

• Europa (web portal), the official web portal of the European Union
• Europa, line of small engines made by Briggs & Stratton
• Europa, the name of the 3.3 release of the open-source integrated development environment Eclipse
• Europa Coins, coins with a common theme issued by European countries
• Europa (currency), an federal European coinage issued in 1928
• Europa postage stamp, issued annually since 1956, representing the founding six members of the European Coal and Steel Community
• Europa Batteries, a group of artillery batteries in Gibraltar
• Europa Road, Gibraltar

See also

• Europe (disambiguation)
• Eupora, Mississippi