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Subject: Re: Europa
Author: Lala   (Authenticated as lala)
Date: June 14, 2005 at 1:14:57 PM
Reply to: Europa by Caprice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa

According to Wikipedia, Europa comes from "eurys" meaning "broad" and "ops" meaning "face"

There is also speculation (see 1st article) about Europe being a from a Mesopotamian or Akkadian source.






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