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Europa is a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology. Her name is the name for Europe in Latin and other languages.
Europa may also refer to:
- Europa Island, a small island in the Indian Ocean which is a possession of France, part of the Îles Éparses
- Europa (moon), the smallest of the Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter
- 52 Europa, the seventh-largest asteroid known
[edit] Entertainment
- Europa Universalis, 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, a 1990 film about a young Jewish man who survived the war pretending to be a German war hero
- Europa Barbarorum, a "total conversion" modification of the PC game Rome: Total War, designed to improve the game's historical accuracy
- Europa (wargame), a series of board wargames launched in 1973
- Europa (album), by Covenant
- "Europa", a song from the Epicon album by Globus
- Europa (record label), 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
- "Europa and the Pirate Twins", a song appearing on Thomas Dolby's 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless
- "Europa", the lead track on Blondie's 1980 album Autoamerican
- Sega Europa-R, an arcade game system board by Sega
- Europa League, the second most important European competition for UEFA eligible football clubs
- Europa 1400: The Guild, a 2002 video game by 4HEAD Studios and JoWood Productions
- "Europa", a song appearing on The Galilean Satellites by post-metal band Rosetta
[edit] Transport
- Bizzarrini Europa, a small GT car produced by Bizzarrini between 1966 and 1969
- Europa rocket, an early expendable launch system project of the European Launcher Development Organisation
- HMS Europa, a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy
- Europa (ship), a traditionally rigged tall ship from the Netherlands, built in 1911 but continuing to sail major training missions around the world
- SS Europa (1930), an ocean liner operated by the North German Lloyd in 1930–45
- SS Europa (1922), an immigrant ship on the Europe to North America route in 1950–51 (originally the SS Mongolia)
- 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 cruiseferry operated by Silja Line since 1993
- Costa Europa, a cruise ship operated by Costa Cruises since 2002
- Europa Aircraft, a light-aircraft kitplane company based in the UK
- Lotus Europa, a sports car manufactured by Lotus Cars
[edit] Miscellanea
- Europa (novel) by Tim Parks
- Europa, a novel by Romain Gary
- Europa (New Zealand), an oil company that operated in New Zealand until its purchase by BP in 1989
- Europa Hotel, a hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Europa, the name of the 3.3 release of the open-source integrated development environment Eclipse
- Europa Ferris Wheel, a 55-metre transportable Ferris wheel operated by Kipp & Sohn of Bonn
- Europa Coins, coins with a common theme issued by European countries
- Europa postage stamp, issued annually since 1956, representing the founding 6 members of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
- Europa (web portal), the official web portal of the European Union
- Europa (racehorse), A competitor that finished 20th in the 2005 Grand National Steeplechase
- Europa, the name of a small community in Dunklin County in the bootheel of Missouri
- Europa, an oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico operated by Shell Oil Company
- NFL Europa, an American football competition sanctioned by the National Football League from 1991-2007 (formerly NFL Europe)
- Europa, is the name of the continent containing Galia, which is where the events of the 2008 video game Valkyria Chronicles take place.
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