Asia

Noun Asia has 2 senses

• asia(n = noun.object) - 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;
has parts: asian country, asian nation, anatolia, asia minor, afghanistan, islamic state of afghanistan, southeast asia, cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china, turkestan, turkistan, canaan, holy land, palestine, promised land, roman empire, arabia, arabian peninsula, bahrain, bahrein, state of bahrain, bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh, bhutan, kingdom of bhutan, bharat, india, republic of india, kingdom of nepal, nepal, sitsang, thibet, tibet, xizang, iran, islamic republic of iran, persia, persia, persian empire, al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, japan, nihon, nippon, hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordan, koweit, kuwait, state of kuwait, dae-han-min-gook, han-gook, korea, korean peninsula, d.p.r.k., democratic people's republic of korea, dprk, north korea, republic of korea, south korea, lebanese republic, lebanon, malay peninsula, tartary, tatary, mongolia, mongolia, mongolian people's republic, outer mongolia, muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman, islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan, parthia, katar, qatar, state of katar, state of qatar, asian russia, kazak, kazakh, kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, kirghiz, kirghizia, kirghizstan, kirgiz, kirgizia, kirgizstan, kyrgyz republic, kyrgyzstan, republic of tajikistan, tadjik, tadzhik, tadzhikistan, tajik, tajikistan, turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, republic of uzbekistan, uzbek, uzbekistan, syria, syrian arab republic, ottoman empire, turkish empire, united arab emirates, republic of yemen, yemen, altai mountains, altay mountains, argun, argun river, ergun he, great rift valley, kura, kura river
is a kind of continent
is a part of eurasia
Derived forms adjective asian₁, adjective asiatic₁

• asia(n = noun.group) - the nations of the Asian continent collectively;
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has particulars: east, orient
Derived forms adjective asian₁, adjective asiatic₁