Eurasia

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See also: Eurásia and Euràsia

English

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Etymology

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From Euro- +‎ Asia[1] or blend of Europe +‎ Asia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹeɪ.ʒə/, /jəˈɹeɪ.ʒə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʒə
  • Hyphenation: Eur‧a‧sia

Proper noun

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Eurasia

  1. The largest and most populous landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia; sometimes also including neighboring islands. [1881[1]]
  2. 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.

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: ユーラシア (Yūrashia)

Translations

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Eurasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

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Proper noun

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Eurasia f sg (genitive Eurasiae); first declension

  1. Eurasia (a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Eurasia
genitive Eurasiae
dative Eurasiae
accusative Eurasiam
ablative Eurasiā
vocative Eurasia
locative Eurasiae

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /euˈɾasja/ [eu̯ˈɾa.sja]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: Eu‧ra‧sia

Proper noun

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Eurasia f

  1. Eurasia (a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia)
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