Europa

Europa may refer to:

Astronomy

• Europa (moon), one of Jupiter's largest moons, named after Zeus' lover Europa
• 52 Europa, the sixth-largest known asteroid

Mythology

Europa is the name of several distinct characters in ancient Greek mythology:

• 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 § The Argonaut

Places

• Most major world languages use words derived from Eurṓpē or Europa to refer to the continent Europe
• 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
• Europa Cliffs, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• Europa Island, a small island in the Mozambique Channel which is a possession of France
• Europa Point, the southernmost point of Gibraltar
• Europa Road, Gibraltar
• Plaça d'Europa, a square in Barcelona, Spain
• Europa, Missouri, a community in the United States

Film

• Europa Europa (1990), a film by Agnieszka Holland
• Europa trilogy, a 1984–1991 film trilogy by Lars von Trier
  • Europa (film), a 1991 film (the third in the trilogy)
• Europa Report, 2013 sci-fi. film.

Gaming

• Europa (wargame), a series of board wargames launched in 1973
• Europa, a fictional place in the video game Valkyria Chronicles

Literature

• Europa (novel), a 1997 novel by Tim Parks
• Europa, a novel by Romain Gary
• "Europa - La Dernière Chance de l'Europe", an essay by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Music

• Europa (record label), a German record label
• Europa Philharmonie, a European symphony orchestra based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Albums

• Europa (Covenant album)
• Europa (Holly Johnson album) (2014)
• Europa (Ron Korb album) (2013)

Songs

• "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)", a 1976 instrumental by Carlos Santana
• "Europa", a 1980 song by Blondie from Autoamerican
• "Europa", a song by Globus from Epicon
• "Europa" a song by Girls' Generation from Mr.Mr.
• "Europa", a song by Mónica Naranjo from Tarántula
• "Europa", a song by Rosetta from The Galilean Satellites

Periodicals

• Europa (Italian newspaper)
• Europa Magazine, a Serbo-Croatian-language magazine in the United States

Radio stations

• Europa FM (Romania)
• Europa FM (Spain)

Buildings

• Europa building, seat of the European Council and Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium
• Europa Hotel, Belfast, the most bombed hotel in Europe
• Europa Hut, a Swiss mountain hut
• Europa Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania

Businesses

• Europa (oil company), an oil company that operated in New Zealand until its purchase by British Petroleum in 1989
• EuropaCorp, a French film production company
• CBS Europa, a European television channel
• Europa Partners, a London-based investment bank
• Europa Press (news agency), a Spanish independent, privately held news agency
• Europa Press, a publishing house founded and run by the Irish surrealist poet George Reavey from 1932 to 1939

Computing and technology

• Europa (web portal), a web portal of the European Union
• Europa, a line of small engines by Briggs & Stratton
• Europa, a release of Eclipse

Currency

• Europa (currency), a federal European coinage issued in 1928
• Europa Coins, coins with a common theme issued by European countries

People

• Europa of Macedon, the daughter of Philip II by his last wife, Cleopatra
• Madama Europa or Europa Rossi (fl. 1600), sister of Salamone Rossi

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
• Europa F.C., a football club based in Gibraltar
• Europa Point F.C., a football club based in Gibraltar

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
• Europa XS, a light-aircraft kitplane made in the UK

Automobiles

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

Ships

• Europa (ship), a traditionally rigged tall ship from the Netherlands, built in 1911
• Europa (AK-81), never commissioned
• HMS Europa, a number of ships and shore establishments of the Royal Navy
• MS Europa, various ships
• 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
• USS Europa, two US Navy 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
• Prix Europa, Europe's largest annual tri-medial (television, radio and online) festival and competition

See also

• Evropa (disambiguation)
• Europe (disambiguation)
• European (disambiguation)
• Eupora, Mississippi
• Europa, spelling in several languages for the continent of Europe, elliptically referred to as "Europa"
• Europa Report (2013), a science fiction film by Ecuadorian director Sebastián Cordero
• Europa Universalis, a real-time strategy game series created by Paradox Interactive
• "Europa and the Pirate Twins", a 1982 song by Thomas Dolby from The Golden Age of Wireless
• Europa Hotel (disambiguation)