asia
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1. the nations of the Asian continent collectively (noun.group)
| instance hyponym | : | east, orient, |
| definition | : | the countries of Asia (noun.location) |
2. 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 (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | continent, |
| definition | : | one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | anatolia, asia minor, |
| definition | : | a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | afghanistan, islamic state of afghanistan, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | southeast asia, |
| definition | : | a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | turkestan, turkistan, |
| definition | : | a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | canaan, holy land, palestine, promised land, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | roman empire, |
| definition | : | an 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | arabia, arabian peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bahrain, bahrein, state of bahrain, |
| definition | : | an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bhutan, kingdom of bhutan, |
| definition | : | a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kingdom of nepal, nepal, |
| definition | : | a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sitsang, thibet, tibet, xizang, |
| definition | : | an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | iran, islamic republic of iran, persia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | persia, persian empire, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | japan, nihon, nippon, |
| definition | : | a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | koweit, kuwait, state of kuwait, |
| definition | : | an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of korea, south korea, |
| definition | : | a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | malay peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | tartary, tatary, |
| definition | : | the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mongolia, |
| definition | : | a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman, |
| definition | : | a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | parthia, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | katar, qatar, state of katar, state of qatar, |
| definition | : | an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | asian russia, |
| definition | : | the Russia that is part of Asia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kazak, kazakh, kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | syria, syrian arab republic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ottoman empire, turkish empire, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | united arab emirates, |
| definition | : | a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of yemen, yemen, |
| definition | : | a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | altai mountains, altay mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | argun, argun river, ergun he, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | great rift valley, |
| definition | : | ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | kura, kura river, |
| definition | : | a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | eurasia, |
| definition | : | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | flying carpet, |
| definition | : | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go (noun.artifact) |
| domain member region | : | freedom party, hizb ut-tahrir, |
| definition | : | the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state (noun.group) |
3. the nations of the Asian continent collectively (noun.group)
| derivation | : | asian, asiatic, asian, asiatic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | asian, asiatic, asian, asiatic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture (adj.pert) |
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