East Asia

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the countries and land area of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macao, Mongolia, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and the Russian Federation in Asia.

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OTHER WORDS FROM East Asia

East Asian, adjective, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH East Asia

Asia, East Asia , South Asia, Southeast Asia

Words nearby East Asia

East African, East African Community, East African oryx, East Anglia, East Anglian, East Asia, East Australia Current, East Ayrshire, East Bengal, East Bengali, East Berlin

How to use East Asia in a sentence

In East Asia, these variants might have hurt someone’s ability to fight other illnesses.
Some Neandertal genes may up the risk of severe COVID-19|Tina Hesman Saey|October 19, 2020|Science News For Students
In East Asia, it might have been an evolutionary disadvantage when dealing with other illnesses, leading to its decline.
Neandertal genes in people today may raise risk of severe COVID-19|Tina Hesman Saey|October 2, 2020|Science News
The coronavirus pandemic could push 38 million people into poverty across East Asia and the Pacific as the region’s collective economy grows at its slowest pace in 50 years, according to the World Bank.
The pandemic’s ‘new poor’: Poverty in parts of Asia could rise for the first time in 20 years|eamonbarrett|September 29, 2020|Fortune
The other side is you look at East Asia, Singapore, Korea, and they are doing so much in terms of jumping ahead.
How One Female CEO Sees the Glass Ceiling|Fiona Zublin|September 28, 2020|Ozy

The organization has plans to establish club competitions in both West Asia and East Asia, says Hagop Khajirian, FIBA’s executive director for Asia.
This Hoops Hotbed Is Set to Take Off|Pallabi Munsi|August 20, 2020|Ozy
According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The east window in this church has been classed as the A1 of modern painted windows.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Of course, my first row was a long one, quite through the city from west to east, including innumerable turnings and windings.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various