Asia

[ ey-zhuh, ey-shuh ]

noun

1. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. About 16,000,000 square miles (41,440,000 square kilometers).

Asia

/ ˈeɪʒə; ˈeɪʃə /

noun

1. 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)

Asia

1. World's largest continent , joined to Europe to the west, forming Eurasia .

Notes

Site of some of the world's earliest civilizations.

With three-fifths of the world's population, Asia has some of the world's greatest population densities.

Example Sentences

Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.

From The Daily Beast

The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.

From The Daily Beast

Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.

From The Daily Beast

Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.

From The Daily Beast

Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.

From The Daily Beast

We must make more—much more—elbow room before the Turks get help from Asia or Constantinople.

From Project Gutenberg

Some writers have concluded that the plant served as a narcotic in some parts of Asia.

From Project Gutenberg

The shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.

From Project Gutenberg

These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.

From Project Gutenberg

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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