Eurasia

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

noun

1. Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

Eurasia

/ -ʒə; jʊəˈreɪʃə /

noun

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

Eurasia

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eurasia¹

Eur(o)- + Asia

Example Sentences

The mood in Moscow appears to be that it is only a matter of time before Ukraine is in its hands, says Tatiana Stanovaya of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

From BBC

The broad-brush picture is known: About 60 million years ago, the Indian Plate began to plow into Eurasia and thrust up the Himalayas, the highest mountains on Earth.

From Science Magazine

Within a decade after the end of World War II, Washington had 500 overseas military bases ringing Eurasia, a chain of mutual defense pacts and a globe-girding armada of nuclear-armed warships and strategic bombers.

From Salon

“None of these outcomes are conducive for fiscal policy,” Mujtaba Rahman, the European managing director of the Eurasia Group think tank, wrote in a note.

From New York Times

“Normally, these elections would be of a second or third order of importance,” said Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group consultancy.

From New York Times