Europa

In Greek Mythology a Phoenician princess. As Zeus saw her he fell in love with her. He assumes the guise of a bull and kidnaped her to Crete. She bore him some children, Minos, Rhabdamanthus, and Sarpedon.

Smallest of the Galilean Moons of planet Jupiter.

Europa is also the spelling of Europe in all Germanic languages (except English), as well as Greek and Latin. Thus, for instance, its appearance on postage stamps commemorating a "United Europe" first issued in 1956.