Eurasia

American  

[yoo-rey-zhuh, -shuh, yuh-] / yʊˈreɪ ʒə, -ʃə, yə- /

noun

1. Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

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Eurasia British  

/ -ʒə, jʊəˈreɪʃə /

noun

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

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Eurasia Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of Eurasia

Eur(o)- + Asia

Example Sentences

Xiaomeng Lu, a director at political consultancy Eurasia Group, says mainland Chinese tech firms are "shifting to Hong Kong" for their primary share listing as "geopolitical headwinds dampen their dreams" to float in New York.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The species, named Masripithecus moghraensis, provides new insight into ape diversity during a key period when Afro-Arabia was becoming connected to Eurasia, allowing species to spread beyond Africa.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

"French town hall elections yielded no big breakthrough for the far right and no clear trend nationwide," Mujtaba Rahman, Europe director at risk analysis firm Eurasia Group, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Despite Putin’s relationship with Trump, the Kremlin still sees Washington as a strategic adversary, said Samuel Charap, distinguished chair in Russia and Eurasia policy at Rand, a U.S.-based defense think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Its east—west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia.

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