Eurasia

[ yoo-rey-zhuh, -shuh, yuh- ]

noun
  1. Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

Origin of Eurasia

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How to use Eurasia in a sentence

  • These latter are similar to, though not identical with, those which inhabited Eurasia in Pliocene times.

    Evolution | Joseph Le Conte
  • Somebody said that Prince Sergius of Eurasia was present, and there was a general craning of necks to get a glimpse of royalty.

    By Right of Conquest | Arthur Hornblow
  • It is the largest continent, Eurasia, which has been the chief center of dispersal.

    Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill Semple
  • But during historic and prehistoric times the lion has been a beast of western Eurasia and of Africa.

British Dictionary definitions for Eurasia

Eurasia

/ (jʊəˈreɪʃə, -ʒə) /


noun
  1. the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole

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Cultural definitions for Eurasia

Eurasia

[ (yoo-ray-zhuh) ]


Land mass consisting of the continents of Europe and Asia.

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