Vi fant 4 definisjoner av asia på engelsk.
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| Asia - 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 | ||
| eurasia the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia | ||
| asian country, asian nation any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent | ||
| anatolia, asia minor a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey | ||
| afghanistan, islamic state of afghanistan a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979" | ||
| southeast asia a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore | ||
| cathay, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china, china high quality porcelain originally made only in China | ||
| turkestan, turkistan a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West | ||
| canaan, holy land, palestine, promised land an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism | ||
| roman empire | ||
| arabia, arabian peninsula a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources | ||
| state of bahrain, bahrain, bahrein an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s | ||
| bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971 | ||
| bhutan, kingdom of bhutan a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India | ||
| bharat, india, republic of india a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | ||
| kingdom of nepal, nepal a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China | ||
| sitsang, thibet, tibet, xizang an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas | ||
| iran, islamic republic of iran, persia a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil | ||
| persian empire, persia an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC | ||
| al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq | ||
| nihon, nippon, japan lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | ||
| hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordan an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea | ||
| state of kuwait, koweit, kuwait an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum | ||
| dae-han-min-gook, han-gook, korea, korean peninsula an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook | ||
| d.p.r.k., democratic people's republic of korea, dprk, north korea a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 | ||
| republic of korea, south korea a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 | ||
| lebanese republic, lebanon an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean | ||
| malay peninsula a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar | ||
| tartary, tatary the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; "under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean" | ||
| mongolia a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia | ||
| mongolian people's republic, outer mongolia, mongolia a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia | ||
| muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil | ||
| islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | ||
| parthia | ||
| state of katar, state of qatar, katar, qatar a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf | ||
| asian russia the Russia that is part of Asia | ||
| kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, kazak, kazakh a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 | ||
| kirghizia, kirghizstan, kirgizia, kirgizstan, kyrgyz republic, kyrgyzstan, kirghiz, kirgiz a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991 | ||
| republic of tajikistan, tadjik, tadzhikistan, tajikistan, tadzhik, tajik a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet | ||
| turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmen a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 | ||
| republic of uzbekistan, uzbekistan, uzbek a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet | ||
| syria, syrian arab republic an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization | ||
| ottoman empire, turkish empire a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire | ||
| united arab emirates a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves | ||
| republic of yemen, yemen a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 | ||
| altai mountains, altay mountains a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China | ||
| argun, argun river, ergun he a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River | ||
| great rift valley ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults | ||
| Asia - the nations of the Asian continent collectively | ||
| aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection the act of accumulating | ||
