Asia

[ ey-zhuh, ey-shuh ]

/ ˈeɪ ʒə, ˈeɪ ʃə /

noun

a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Asia

Asia East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia

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Examples from the Web for asia

Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has done the great service of calling forth the mighty spirit of Asia from its decaying cell.
Freedom Through Disobedience|C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
Bayezid next turned his attention to Asia Minor, where he was mainly ambitious to add to his Empire.
The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay|Lord Eversley
For five thousand years, so the legend ran, this diamond had been one of the most precious treasures of Asia.
Cyrus Hall McCormick|Herbert Newton Casson
He was standing on the shore of Asia and looking across to the shore of Europe.
The Preacher and His Models|James Stalker
In Asia Minor tiles belonging to the eleventh and twelfth centuries are abundant, of a precisely similar character.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young

British Dictionary definitions for asia

Asia

/ (ˈeɪʃə, ˈeɪʒə) /

noun

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)

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Cultural definitions for asia

Asia

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

notes for Asia

Site of some of the world's earliest civilizations.

notes for Asia

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