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

The China-US trade standoff was encouraging countries to relocate production out of China to Southeast Asia and India, and the IMF reported a shift in trade flows towards Asia in the automotive sector.

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The 37-year-old, known as Vincent, founded Prince Holding Group, a multinational conglomerate that authorities say served as a front for "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations," according to the US Department of Justice.

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Gold-backed ETFs also saw monthly inflows from North America topping those from Asia from June to September, according to data from the World Gold Council.

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Industrial-scale scam compounds have sprouted across Southeast Asia, and Cambodia has become one of the epicenters.

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The industry is now dominated by Asia, with China building nearly half of all ships launched, ahead of South Korea and Japan.

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