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Eurasian

American  
[yoo-ray-zhuhn, -shuhn, yuh-] / jʊˈreɪ ʒən, -ʃən, jə- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Eurasia.

  2. of mixed European and Asian descent.


noun

  1. the offspring of a European and an Asian.

Eurasian British  
/ jʊəˈreɪʃən, -ʒən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Eurasia

  2. of mixed European and Asian descent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person of mixed European and Asian descent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Eurasian

First recorded in 1835–45; Eurasi(a) + -an


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A family of Eurasian beavers was released at Paradise Fields in 2023, returning the animals to urban London for the first time in more than 400 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Among North Eurasian populations, chitinase genes contain mutations associated with a reduced ability to digest insect exoskeletons.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Eurasian curlew is an iconic resident of the Shropshire Hills and the Welsh Marches, but declining numbers have seen the species added to the UK's Red List of highest conservation concern.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

One night in 2023 while on an offensive he saw a Eurasian eagle-owl for the first time in his life.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

A summary of the last 13,000 years of New World and western Eurasian history makes clear how Europe’s conquest of the Americas was merely the culmination of two long and mostly separate historical trajectories.

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

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