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Europa

Syllabification: (Eu·ro·pa)
Pronunciation: /yo͝oˈrōpə/
Definition of Europa
  • 1 Greek Mythology a princess of Tyre who was courted by Zeus in the form of a bull. She was carried off by him to Crete, where she bore him three sons (Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon).
  • 2 Astronomy one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, the sixth closest satellite to the planet, having a network of dark lines on a bright icy surface and a diameter of 1,951 miles (3,140 km).

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