Eurasia

American  

[yoo-rey-zhuh, -shuh, yuh-] / yʊˈreɪ ʒə, -ʃə, yə- /

noun

1. Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

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Eurasia British  

/ -ʒə, jʊəˈreɪʃə /

noun

1. the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole

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Eurasia Cultural  

1. Land mass consisting of the continents of Europe and Asia.

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Etymology

Origin of Eurasia

Eur(o)- + Asia

Example Sentences

They eventually diverged, with anatomically modern humans evolving in Africa, and Neanderthals migrating across Eurasia.

From Barron's

Russia believes it is winning on both the battlefield and the diplomatic front, said Tatiana Stanovaya, an analyst at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alexander Gabuev, the director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin who played Putin in the exercise, pointed out that the smokescreen of “humanitarian” intervention was crucial to enable Russian conquest.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Both sides still have resources—manpower, weapons, money—to continue to fight,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, a think tank in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal

Europe enjoyed US protection from the Soviets for decades and according to some remains indispensable to Washington because of its geographical location as the gateway to Eurasia.

From Barron's