Europa
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Europa may refer to:
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People and characters[edit]
- Europa (mythology), a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe is taken
- Europa, an Oceanid, daughter of the deities Oceanus and Tethys
- Europa, daughter of the earth-giant Tityas and mother of Euphemus by Poseidon
- 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[edit]
- Europa Island, a small island in the Mozambique Channel which is a possession of France
- Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace
- Europa (Seville Metro), a station on the Seville Metro
- Europa City, a planned development set in Paris
Astronomy[edit]
- Europa (moon), one of Jupiter's moons
- 52 Europa, the seventh-largest known asteroid
In entertainment[edit]
In film[edit]
- Europa Europa, a 1990 film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland
- Europa (film), a 1991 film by Danish director Lars von Trier, released as Zentropa in North America; part of his "Europa trilogy"
In gaming[edit]
- Europa (wargame), a series of board wargames launched in 1973
- Europa, a fictional place in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
- Europa 1400, a 2002 video game
- Europa Barbarorum, a 2005 modification of the PC game Rome: Total War
- Sega Europa-R, an arcade game system board by Sega
- Europa Universalis, a 2000 strategy computer game
- Europa 1912, an expansion to the board game Ticket to Ride: Europe
In literature[edit]
- Europa (novel), by Tim Parks
- Europa, a novel by Romain Gary
In music[edit]
- Europa (record label), a German record label
- Europa (Covenant album)
- Europa (Ron Korb album)
- "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" (Mónica Naranjo song), a song from Mónica Naranjo's 2008 album Tarantula
- "Europa", a song appearing on The Galilean Satellites by post-metal band Rosetta
In sports[edit]
- NFL Europa (formerly NFL Europe), an American football competition from 1991 until 2007
- UEFA Europa League, the second most important European competition for UEFA-eligible football clubs
In transportation[edit]
- Europa rocket, an early expendable launch system project of the European Launcher Development Organisation
- Europa Aircraft, a light-aircraft kitplane company based in the UK
- Bizzarrini Europa, a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969
- Lotus Europa, a sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars
Ships[edit]
- HMS Europa, one of a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy
- 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 (1930), an ocean liner operated by the North German Lloyd in 1930–45
- MS Europa (1953), a combined ocean liner / cruise ship operated by the North German Lloyd in 1965–70 and Hapag-Lloyd in 1970–81
- MS Europa (1981), a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd in 1981–99
- MS Europa (1999), a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd since 1999
- MS Silja Europa, a cruise ferry operated by Silja Line since 1993
- Costa Europa, a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises since 2002
Other uses[edit]
- Europa (oil company), an oil company that operated in New Zealand until its purchase by BP in 1989
- Europa (web portal), the official web portal of the European Union
- Europa (newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania
- 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 Hotel (disambiguation)
- Europa postage stamp, issued annually since 1956, representing the founding six members of the European Coal and Steel Community
- EuropaCorp, a French film studio
See also[edit]
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