Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of southern Asia consisting of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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- proper noun All the
countries of theIndian subcontinent (principallyIndia ,Pakistan andBangladesh ) and theIndian Ocean (principallySri Lanka ,Maldives )
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Examples
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SAARC, in other words the South Asia is a region which has a common ancient history with deferent culture, a single path of historical development with a glories political straggle against British Colonial Power.
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The Tanglang range of the Himalaya is the wall in the sky that separates South Asia from the Tibetan plateau to the north.
CounterPunch 2010
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The Tanglang range of the Himalaya is the wall in the sky that separates South Asia from the Tibetan plateau to the north.
Kasama Mike E 2010
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This is not a security problem alone; of course this should be taken as a social & political problem of the South Asia, which is closely related to economic development, human development, social justice, employment and very importantly distribution pattern and/or ratio of wealth.
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Sectarian violence is rare except that every year around the Ashura commemorations, there are attacks on Shia mourners in South Asia, which is one of the few places where the Shia are allowed to openly perform this ritual.
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They'd referred to Siberia as the "Northern Resource Area," harkening back to when an earlier generation of Japanese strategists had called South Asia the "Southern Resource Area."
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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For the economic and security basket case of South Asia, that is not good news.
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But for unemployed workers from South Asia, that is sometimes not an option.
WN.com - Articles related to ADB sees solid recovery in Asia after global crisis+ 2010
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But for unemployed workers from South Asia, that is sometimes not an option.
WN.com - Articles related to ADB sees solid recovery in Asia after global crisis+ 2010
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But for unemployed workers from South Asia, that is sometimes not an option.
WN.com - Articles related to ADB sees solid recovery in Asia after global crisis+ 2010
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