Asia

[ey-zhuh, ey-shuh]

noun

1. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. About 16,000,000 square miles (41,440,000 square kilometers).

Asia

/ ˈeɪʒə, ˈeɪʃə /

noun

1. the largest of the continents, bordering on the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean and Red Seas in the west. It includes the large peninsulas of Asia Minor, India, Arabia, and Indochina and the island groups of Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka); contains the mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Pamirs, Tian Shan, Urals, and Caucasus, the great plateaus of India, Iran, and Tibet, vast plains and deserts, and the valleys of many large rivers including the Mekong, Irrawaddy, Indus, Ganges, Tigris, and Euphrates. Pop: 3 917 508 000 (2005 est). Area: 44 391 162 sq km (17 139 445 sq miles)

Asia

1. World's largest continent, joined to Europe to the west, forming Eurasia.

Site of some of the world's earliest civilizations.

With three-fifths of the world's population, Asia has some of the world's greatest population densities.

Example Sentences

I suspect nothing would give her greater happiness than to know she was responsible for you taking a trip to Europe or Asia or Australia.

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“The fact that the bank remains very concerned about downside risks to activity suggests that further easing is forthcoming,” said Marcel Thieliant, head of economics in Asia for Capital Economics.

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“Despite today’s hold, we think further rate cuts are likely as the central bank tries to boost growth and ward off the threat of deflation,” said Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics.

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In its place, a new system gave priority to family reunification and skilled labor, unintentionally setting the stage for large-scale immigration from Asia, Latin America and Africa.

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The startup is tripling its international head count and expanding across Europe and Asia, he added.

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