English > Asia: 2 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | 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. |
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| Instance of | continent | One of the large landmasses of the earth |
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| Part of | Eurasia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
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| Parts | Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan | A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia |
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| Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains | A mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China |
| Arabian Peninsula, Arabia | A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| Argun, Argun River, Ergun He | A river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River |
| Asia Minor, Anatolia | A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
| Asian Russia | The Russia that is part of Asia |
| Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
| Bahrain, State of Bahrain, Bahrein | An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia |
| Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bangla Desh, East Pakistan | A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south |
| Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan | A landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India |
| China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay | A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia |
| Great Rift Valley | (geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa |
| India, Republic of India, Bharat | A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia | A theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia |
| Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak | A republic in the Middle East in western Asia |
| Japan, Nippon, Nihon | A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago |
| Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea |
| Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak | A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea |
| Korea, Korean Peninsula, Dae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook | An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan |
| Kura, Kura River | A river in western Asia |
| Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit | An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf |
| Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan | A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China |
| Lebanon, Lebanese Republic | An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean |
| Malay Peninsula | A peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar |
| Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic, Outer Mongolia | A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia |
| Mongolia | A vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia |
| Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal | A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China |
| North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, D.P.R.K., DPRK | A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula |
| Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman | A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire | A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe |
| Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan | A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley |
| Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land | An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Parthia | An ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea |
| Persia, Persian Empire | An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC |
| Qatar, State of Qatar, Katar, State of Katar | An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar |
| Roman Empire | An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire |
| South Korea, Republic of Korea | A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula |
| Southeast Asia | A geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore |
| Syria, Syrian Arab Republic | An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean |
| Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik | A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan |
| Tartary, Tatary | The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries |
| Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang | An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China |
| Turkistan, Turkestan | A historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West |
| Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia | A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran |
| United Arab Emirates | A federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula |
| Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbek | A landlocked republic in west central Asia |
| Yemen, Republic of Yemen | A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean |
| Region of | Hizb ut-Tahrir, Freedom Party | The most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia |
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| flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish / wish to go |
| Spanish | Asia |
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| Catalan | Àsia |
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| Adjectives | Afro-Asian | of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples |
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| Asian, Asiatic | of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture |
