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Europa may refer to:

Places

Mythical characters

  • 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 Poseidon's son Euphemus

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

Art, entertainment, and media

Events

  • Prix Europa, Europe's largest annual tri-medial (television, radio and online) festival and competition

Fictional entities

Film

  • The Europa trilogy, a 1984–1991 film trilogy by Danish director Lars von Trier
    • Europa (film) (1991), the final film in said trilogy, released as Zentropa in North America
  • Europa Report (2013), a science fiction film by Ecuadorian director Sebastián Cordero
  • Europa Europa (1990), a film directed by Agnieszka Holland

Games

Literature

Music

Groups and labels

Albums

Songs

Periodicals

Radio stations

Buildings

Businesses

Computing and technology

  • 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

Currency

Sports

  • CE Europa, a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona
  • 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

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

Automobiles

Ships

Other uses

  • Europa Batteries, a group of artillery batteries in Gibraltar
  • Europa postage stamp, issued annually since 1956, representing the founding six members of the European Coal and Steel Community

See also