Eurasia
English
Etymology
From Euro- + Asia[1] or blend of Europe + Asia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊˈɹeɪ.ʒə/, /jəˈɹeɪ.ʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʒə
- Hyphenation: Eur‧a‧sia
Proper noun
Eurasia
- The largest and most populous landmass on Earth, a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia; sometimes also including neighboring islands. [1881[1]]
- A region comprising parts of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; the countries of the former Soviet Union and the sphere of influence of Russia.
- 1997, Stephen K. Batalden, Sandra L. Batalden, The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 197:
- This bureaucratic security-minded elite has invariably weathered changes in government by maintaining the personal ties that continue to dominate political life in the newly independent states. Political patronage continues to thrive in Eurasia.
- 1998, Bruno Coppieters, Alekseĭ Zverev, Dmitriĭ Trenin, Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 191:
- The Failure of Regionalism in Eurasia and the Western Ascendancy over Russia's Near Abroad
- 2014, Piotr Dutkiewicz, Richard Sakwa, Eurasian Integration – The View from Within, Routledge, →ISBN, page 226:
- Turkey is one of the regional actors with ambitions to influence regional developments in Eurasia, which is geographically a very large land mass between Eastern Europe and China.
Synonyms
- Europasia
- (geopolitical region): Soviet Union (historical)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (landmass): Asia, Europe
- Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe
- See also Category:en:Countries in Asia, Category:en:Countries in Europe
Related terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ユーラシア (Yūrashia)
Translations
the largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Eurasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈra.si.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈraː.s̬i.a]
Proper noun
Eurasia f sg (genitive Eurasiae); first declension
- Eurasia (a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Eurasia |
| genitive | Eurasiae |
| dative | Eurasiae |
| accusative | Eurasiam |
| ablative | Eurasiā |
| vocative | Eurasia |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /euˈɾasja/ [eu̯ˈɾa.sja]
- Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: Eu‧ra‧sia
Proper noun
Eurasia f
- Eurasia (a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia)