 The Admiralty agreed seven years later and the continent became officially known as Australia in 1824.The name "Europe" comes from the Latin "Europa", which in turn derives from the Greek Εὐρώπη, from εὐρύς "eurys" "wide" and ὤψ "ops" "face" (PIE "*wer-", "broad" "*okw-", "eye").In Greek mythology, Europa was the beautiful daughter of a Phoenician king named Agenor or Phoenix.