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A·sia    Audio Help   [ey-zhuh, ey-shuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
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A·sia    Audio Help   (ā'zhə, ā'shə)  Pronunciation Key 
The world's largest continent. It occupies the eastern part of the Eurasian landmass and its adjacent islands and is separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains.

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Asia 
from L., from Gk. Asia, speculated to be from Akkad. asu "to go out, to rise," in reference to the sun, thus "the land of the sunrise."

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asia

noun
1. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations 
2. the nations of the Asian continent collectively 

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Asia

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

Note: Site of some of the world's earliest civilizations.
Note: With three-fifths of the world's population, Asia has some of the world's greatest population densities.

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ASIA
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