Asia
[ ey-zhuh, ey-shuh ]
/ ˈeɪ ʒə, ˈeɪ ʃə /
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noun
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Asia
Asia , East Asia, South Asia, Southeast AsiaWords nearby Asia
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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
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Site of some of the world's earliest civilizations.
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With three-fifths of the world's population, Asia has some of the world's greatest population densities.
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