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Definition of Eurasia

1. Noun. The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.

Definition of Eurasia

1. Proper noun. The largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eurasia

Literary usage of Eurasia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
""Tj^ROM a back window of my tall house in Calcutta I see her -L nearly every day, the lady who may personify eurasia. She is amply qualified to do it; ..."

2. Natural Advanced Geography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway, Russell Hinman (1898)
"What part of eurasia is an almost continuous lowland plain? ... How do the Pacific and Indian Ocean slopes of eurasia compare with the Pacific slope of ..."

3. Elementary Geography by Henry Justin Roddy (1902)
"In which continent is eurasia? In what part of the world is it in comparison ... What isthmus connects eurasia and Africa? What two seas separate them ? ..."

4. How to Study Geography by Francis Wayland Parker (1894)
"eurasia. In eurasia, Europe and Asia are comprehended in one vast structure extending ... H represents any transverse section (north to south) of eurasia. ..."

5. Natural Introductory Geography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway, Russell Hinman (1912)
"HOMES OF THE RACES IN eurasia, More than three fourths of the people in the world live in ... In what hemisphere is eurasia? In what part of the hemisphere? ..."

6. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Edward Suess (1904)
"Separation of Indo-Africa and eurasia. Folding of eurasia. The Han-hai and the depression of Turkestan. The Mediterranean seas. The Indian Ocean. ..."

7. The Geography of Commerce: A Text-book by Spencer Trotter (1903)
"... OF eurasia : EUROPE AND ASIA 155. Physical Features. — The continent of Europe appears as a peninsular extension of the greater Asiatic land mass, ..."

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