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East Asia

[ eest ey-zhuh, ey-shuh ]

noun

  1. the countries and land area of easternmost Asia, most commonly classified as comprising China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.


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Other Words From

  • East A·sian adjective noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of East Asia1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

Somebody must have gotten a little dizzy during his 2012 “Pivot to East Asia.”

Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to China Tuesday as part of a tour of East Asia.

While Julie Chen may embody East Asia's new beauty ideal, Davuluri does not appear to do the same for South Asia.

The ultradense cities of East Asia—Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul—have among the lowest fertility rates on the planet.

Geography dictated that East Asia had fewer potentially domesticable plants and animals.

In our loading of East Asia transports, it required one to one and one-half hours to load one battalion.

The sending of an expedition to East Asia affords an interesting example of what can be done.

Our excellent knowledge of East Asia has given us the necessary technical preparation in the way of equipment.

It requires a good deal of time to procure the equipment for an expedition to East Asia.

The thirty horses on the transport must be well taken care of to reach East Asia.

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