Asia
[ˈeɪʒə] or [ˈeɪʒə,]
Definition
(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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of visiting Asia is assurance of change, but no material benefits from fortune will follow.
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Examples
- It passed by Armenia to Asia Minor, Egypt, and North Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Encouraged by these disasters of the imperial power, the Ionian cities in Asia began for a second time to revolt against the Persians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The inclusion of India raised logical claims for French Africa and French Asia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A railway here in Asia--in the dreamy realm of the Orient--in the fabled land of the Arabian Nights--is a strange thing to think of. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Was there not the geography of Asia Minor, in which her slackness had often been rebuked by Mr. Casaubon? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Of course these peoples out of Asia were totally illiterate and artistically undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Through Asia, from the banks of the Nile to the shores of the Caspian, from the Hellespont even to the sea of Oman, a sudden panic was driven. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The barriers between Europe and Asia set up by the religious feud of Christianity and Islam were lowered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is said to be a common practice in Turkey, in Indostan, and, I believe, in most other governments of Asia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Nomadism from Central Asia dominated the known world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are natives of the southeast of Asia and are remarkable for their pugnacious propensities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Such was the tale sent us from Asia, from the eastern extremity of Europe, and from Africa as far west as the Golden Coast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Sargon of Akkad, who founded the first Semitic empire in Asia (3800 B.., was brought up by an irrigator, and was himself a gardener. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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