East Asia

American  

[eest ey-zhuh, ey-shuh] / ˈist ˈeɪ ʒə, ˈeɪ ʃə /

noun

1. the countries and land area of easternmost Asia, most commonly classified as comprising China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.

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Other Word Forms

• East Asian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of East Asia

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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East Asia

Their findings, published in Science Advances, indicate that eating insects was probably occasional and accidental in Europe, Central and East Asia, while it appears to have been more common in tropical regions and among Neanderthals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

According to Coface, just 3.5 percent of the current traffic between East Asia, northern Europe and North America could actually shift to Arctic routes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Multiple storms swept through large swathes of East and South East Asia this month, causing widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Ebel expects long-haul travel to regain momentum, particularly in the Caribbean and East Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

We can use several types of reasoning to try to reconstruct the linguistic map of East Asia as of several thousand years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond