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asya [as.ya.] : asia (n.)

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asia
n. (object)1. asiathe 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.
~ flying carpet(Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go.
~ freedom party, hizb ut-tahrirthe most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state.
~ asian country, asian nationany one of the nations occupying the Asian continent.
~ anatolia, asia minora peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey.
~ afghanistan, islamic state of afghanistana 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 asiaa geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore.
~ cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red chinaa communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world.
~ turkestan, turkistana historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West.
~ canaan, holy land, promised land, palestinean ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
~ roman empirean empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome.
~ arabia, arabian peninsulaa peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources.
~ state of bahrain, bahrain, bahreinan 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 bangladesha 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 bhutana landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India.
~ bharat, india, republic of indiaa 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, nepala small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China.
~ sitsang, thibet, tibet, xizangan autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
~ iran, islamic republic of iran, persiaa 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.
~ persia, persian empirean 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 iraqa republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq.
~ nihon, nippon, japana constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
~ hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordanan Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea.
~ state of kuwait, koweit, kuwaitan 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 peninsulaan 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 koreaa communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948.
~ republic of korea, south koreaa republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948.
~ lebanese republic, lebanonan Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean.
~ malay peninsulaa peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar.
~ tartary, tatarythe 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"
~ mongoliaa vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia.
~ mongolia, mongolian people's republic, outer mongoliaa landlocked socialist republic in central Asia.
~ muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of omana 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 pakistana 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.
~ parthiaan ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226.
~ katar, qatar, state of katar, state of qataran Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil.
~ asian russiathe Russia that is part of Asia.
~ kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, kazak, kazakha 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, kirgiza 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, tajika landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet.
~ turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmena 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, uzbeka landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet.
~ syria, syrian arab republican 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 empirea 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 emiratesa 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, yemena republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990.
~ altai mountains, altay mountainsa mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China.
~ argun, argun river, ergun hea 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.
~ continentone of the large landmasses of the earth.; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
~ eurasiathe land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.
~ 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.
~ kura, kura rivera river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea.
n. (group)2. asiathe nations of the Asian continent collectively.
~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblageseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole.
~ orient, eastthe countries of Asia.