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1 People and characters 2 Geography 3 Astronomy 4 In entertainment 4.1 In film 4.2 In gaming 4.3 In literature 4.4 In music 4.5 In sports 5 In transportation 5.1 Ships 6 Other uses 7 See also

Europa may refer to:

[edit]People

and characters

Europa (mythology), a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the

continent Europe is taken

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, who was one of the first opera singers

[edit]Geography

Europa Island, a small island in the Indian Ocean which is a possession of France Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace

[edit]Astronomy
Europa (moon), one of Jupiter's moons 52 Europa, the seventh-largest known asteroid

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entertainment
film

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 World War II by

pretending to be a German war hero

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gaming

Europa (wargame), a series of board wargames launched in 1973 Europa (Valkyria Chronicles), a fictional place in the video game Valkyria Chronicles Europa 1400, a 2002 video game Europa Barbarorum, a 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

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literature

Europa (novel), by Tim Parks Europa, a novel by Romain Gary

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music

Europa (record label), a German record label Europa (album), by Covenant "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)", an instrumental from Carlos Santana's 1976

album Amigos

"Europa" (Blondie song), the lead track on Blondie's 1980 album Autoamerican

"Europa" (Globus song), a song from the album Epicon by Globus "Europa" (Mnica Naranjo song), a song from Mnica Naranjo's 2008 album Tarantula "Europa" (Rosetta song)", a song appearing on The Galilean Satellites by post-metal band

Rosetta

"Europa and the Pirate Twins", a song appearing on Thomas Dolby's 1982 album The Golden

Age of Wireless

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sports

NFL Europa (formerly NFL Europe), an American football competition from 19912007 UEFA Europa League, the second most important European competition for UEFA-eligible

football clubs

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transportation

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

[edit]Ships
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 SS Europa (1922), an immigrant ship on the Europe to North America route in 195051

(originally the SS Mongolia)

SS Europa (1930), an ocean liner operated by the North German Lloyd in 193045 MS Europa (1953), a combined ocean liner / cruise ship operated by the North German Lloyd

in 196570 and Hapag-Lloyd in 197081

MS Europa (1981), a cruise ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd in 198199 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

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uses

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, the name of the 3.3 release of the open-source integrated development

environment Eclipse (software)

Europa Coins, coins with a common theme issued by European countries Europa Hotel, a hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland Europa postage stamp, issued annually since 1956, representing the founding six members of

the European Coal and Steel Community

EuropaCorp, a French film studio

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also

Europe (disambiguation)