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Asia
/ ˈeɪʒə; ˈeɪʃə /
noun
- the largest of the continents, bordering on the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean and Red Seas in the west. It includes the large peninsulas of Asia Minor, India, Arabia, and Indochina and the island groups of Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka); contains the mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Pamirs, Tian Shan, Urals, and Caucasus, the great plateaus of India, Iran, and Tibet, vast plains and deserts, and the valleys of many large rivers including the Mekong, Irrawaddy, Indus, Ganges, Tigris, and Euphrates. Pop: 3 917 508 000 (2005 est). Area: 44 391 162 sq km (17 139 445 sq miles)
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Example Sentences
A third dog, Asia, escaped and has been recovered safely, authorities say.
Sandy Ong reports on the remarkable success of online learning in Asia and the spread of telemedicine in Africa.
Here we look at developments in Asia and Africa that could set an example for the rest of the world.
Since the service has a historical focus on China and Asia, however, BeiDou’s regional users can often get better location information, close to one meter in precision.
That he is capable of such an action regardless of the consequences, he explains, is a result of whatever happened to him during his time in Asia, as he is a changed person, capable of darkness and unafraid of death.
Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
We must make more—much more—elbow room before the Turks get help from Asia or Constantinople.
Some writers have concluded that the plant served as a narcotic in some parts of Asia.
The shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.
These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
The Tchuktchi of north-eastern Asia are devoted worshipers of tobacco, and is one of the chief articles of trade with them.
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