Synonyms:
Asia
Meaning: 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
Usage examples
Ancient Babylonia was for over four thousand years the garden of Western Asia.
We are told that, in 1841 and 1846, a similar substance had fallen in Asia Minor.
Germany's like a scorpion: her sting's in her tail, and that tail stretches way down into Asia.
A railroad line across the continent owns its own steamers for shipping goods to Asia or Europe.
How The Kings Of Asia Honored The Nation Of The Jews And Made Them Citizens Of Those Cities Which They Built.
Throughout Eastern Asia there is still, no doubt, a vast wilderness of languages, but over them all rides the Chinese writing.
It wiped out two billion people, depopulated Africa and most of Asia, and wrecked Europe, leaving only America comparatively safe to take over.
To this day among some of the barbarians, especially in Asia, when prizes for boxing and wrestling are offered, belts are worn by the combatants.
After this fearful disaster Asia Minor was lost; there was no chief to take the place of Romanus, and the Seljouk hordes spread westward almost unopposed.
In 1847, too, Russia began her tremendous march eastward into Central Asia, just as France was solidifying her first gains on the littoral of northern Africa.