Asia

n. large continent located to the east of Europe

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.Chiefly in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa-Eurasia – with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe – lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the Indian Ocean, and to the north by the Arctic Ocean.
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.asia is a generic top-level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization, with the back-end registry operated by Afilias. It was approved by ICANN on 19 October, 2006 as a sponsored TLD. It will serve as a regional domain for companies, organisations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.
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Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) continent
(hyponym) East, Orient
(part-holonym) Eurasia
(part-meronym) Asian country, Asian nation
(class) flying carpet
2. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

n. Asia, large continent located to the east of Europe

n. Asia, large continent located to the east of Europe

v. seize, take forcibly; grasp, hold