Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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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- proper noun A
continent located east ofEurope , west of thePacific Ocean , north ofOceania and south of theArctic Ocean . - proper noun historical A province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western
Turkey . - proper noun A female
given name of modern usage, from the continent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the nations of the Asian continent collectively
- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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ASIA AND THE OTHER seeks to revisit issues taken up by earlier postcolonialist theorists with a different geopolitical focus; reexamine and update theoretical apparatuses often adopted in the discussions of the Self/Other issue, employing the realities of Asia, past and present, as examples; and stimulate conversations regarding the tensions or mutual productivity in cross-cultural, cross-national encounters.
Archive 2006-10-01 Michael Turton 2006
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ASIA AND THE OTHER seeks to revisit issues taken up by earlier postcolonialist theorists with a different geopolitical focus; reexamine and update theoretical apparatuses often adopted in the discussions of the Self/Other issue, employing the realities of Asia, past and present, as examples; and stimulate conversations regarding the tensions or mutual productivity in cross-cultural, cross-national encounters.
CFP for two Taiwan-related conferences Michael Turton 2006
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[98] On this point see the very interesting essay by Meredith Townsend entitled "The Charm of Asia for Asiatics," in his book _Asia and
The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916
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If you wished to say that something happened in Asia, it would not suffice to use the simple ablative, because that form would have the same pronunciation as the nominative or the accusative, Asia (m), but the preposition must be prefixed, _in Asia_.
The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892
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EM ASIA DEBT-Woori rises in debut in firm Asia market
WN.com - Articles related to Growth poses challenge to Asia 2010
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The French geographers in like manner be of the same opinion, as by their map cut out in form of a heart you may perceive as though the West Indies were part of Asia, which sentence well agreeth with that old conclusion in the schools, _Quid-quid praeter Africum et Europam est_, _Asia est_,
Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Richard Hakluyt 1584
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DW-TV Asia+ has '18 hours of primetime English specifically for Indians' vis-a-vis its counterpart DW-TV Asia, which has 16 hours of German content, she said.
India eNews 2009
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DW-TV was keen to focus on Asia and within Asia certain regions like India and so they decided to go ahead with the new channel DW-TV Asia+, 'Amrita Cheema, a spokersperson for DW-TV, told IANS in an interview.
India eNews 2009
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"We are pleased to offer our clients access to CBX ASIA through our trading platform as we remain fully committed to providing the broadest selection of liquidity in Asia and globally, ensuring that our clients have a unique and dynamic edge when accessing trading venues".
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The addition of Instinet's CBX ASIA platform broadens Thomson Reuters desktop and transaction capabilities across Asia in a rapidly growing part of the electronic trading market.
Bobsguide News 2009
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