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Eurasia

[yoo-rey-zhuh, -shuh, yuh-]
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noun

Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

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Origin of Eurasia

Eur- + Asia
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British Dictionary definitions for eurasia

Eurasia

noun

the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole
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Word Origin and History for eurasia

Eurasia

n.

from Euro- + Asia. First record seems to be in H. Reusche's "Handbuch der Geographie" (1858), but cf. Eurasian.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Culture definitions for eurasia

Eurasia

[(yoo-ray-zhuh)]

Land mass consisting of the continents of Europe and Asia.

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