Europos or Europus (Greek: ) can refer to : * Europus, a son of the mythological Makedon and Oreithyia

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; in Asia *

Dura-Europos Dura-Europos, ; la, Dūra Eurōpus, ( el, Δούρα Ευρωπός, Doúra Evropós, ) was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the vill ...

alias Cirablus, an Ancient city and former bishopric in modern-day Syria, now a Latin Catholic titular see **

Dura-Europos synagogue The Dura-Europos synagogue (or "Dura Europas", "Dura Europos" etc.) was an ancient synagogue uncovered at Dura-Europos, Syria, in 1932. The synagogue contains a forecourt and house of assembly with painted walls depicting people and animals, and ...

, a synagogue in the above city * Europus, the ancient name of

Carchemish Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its ...

in northern modern-day Syria * Europus, the ancient name of

Euromus Euromus or Euromos ( grc, Εὔρωμος and Εὔροωμος) – also, Europus or Europos (Εὐρωπός), Eunomus or Eunomos (Εὔνωμος), Philippi or Philippoi (Φίλιπποι); earlier Kyromus and Hyromus – was an ancien ...

in ancient Caria, modern-day Turkey * A less known temporary name of

Rey, Iran Shahr-e Ray ( fa, شهر ری, ) or simply Ray (Shar e Ray; ) is the capital of Ray County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municip ...

: the successors of Alexander rebuilt the town "Rhages" and renamed it "Europos" ; in Europe *

Europus (Almopia) Europus or Europos ( grc, Εὔρωπος) was a town of Almopia in ancient Macedonia Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the ...

, a town of Almopia, in ancient Macedonia * Europus (Macedonia), a town in ancient Macedonia, near the site of the modern town below **

Evropos Evropos ( el, Ευρωπός), known before 1925 as Ashiklar ( el, Ασικλάρ) is a village and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province, Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the munici ...

municipality in modern Macedonia

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