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

The Eurasia Group says Copenhagen is in “full crisis mode.”

From MarketWatch

“It’s a big risk,” said Marc Gustafson, director of analysis at Eurasia Group.

From Barron's

“Europe has a pretty good playbook for crises. It doesn’t have a very good playbook for governing in normal times,” said Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at Eurasia Group, a risk-management consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal

The notion of companies flocking back to Russia is empty talk, said Alexandra Prokopenko, a former Russian central bank official who is now a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rebuilt face looks more archaic than many scientists expected, offering fresh clues about one of the first human species to expand across Africa and Eurasia.

From Science Daily